Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

This was designed with POTA operation in mind. At the time of writing, it does not have CE approval. At the moment, it is mainly aimed at t...

 Jason Woodman has passed on this data on new Elecraft CW rig. "Elecraft has announced a new hand portable CW transceiver KH Self conta...

Over the years I have owned a couple of Elecraft kits. One was the T1 auto-ATU and one was the K1 QRP CW transceiver. The latter is now disc...

Many years ago I had an Elecraft K1 4 band CW transceiver. This was about 5W output. It was sold some time ago.  In its day, it was quite a ...

Many years ago, I built this 4 band HF transceiver from a kit. A few years ago it was sold. In its day, it was very good. These days, ...

Apart from a few disadvantages this looks a fine choice for HF. It is very small, it has a good RX and can produce 10W and could even be ...

Elecraft K4 transceiver Elecraft make some fine products, although they tend to be a bit expensive here in the UK. In the past, I have o...

Every month I get an email saying the latest Elecraft newsletter is available. Elecraft make some fine QRP radios, although they are expensi...

Years ago I built and used an Elecraft K1 CW transceiver . A few years ago it was sold. For its intended purpose, it worked well. These ...

Elecraft has announced a new SDR based QRP rig covering 80-10m ( not 160m and 6m) which is available ready-built only. It is considerably ...

Further to my earlier comments in a blog post yesterday, I have received several comments about both rigs. The general view remains that the...

There is no doubt that the very best radio for QRPers is the Elecraft KX3. In the UK this is not low cost as VAT and duty are both payable i...

The Elecraft K1 is on its way to its new owner, who I hope gets as much fun from it as I did in past years.  Over the time I had it, it work...

Elecraft K1 Today I will get my K1 off to its new owner in Holland. It worked well, but I have not used it since before my stroke. I pre...

One of my least used rigs (it has still to be used at this QTH!) is my 4-band Elecraft K1 CW transceiver. This covers 40m, 30m, 20m and 1...

See  www.elecraft.com . I see Elecraft has launched a de luxe version of its K3 transceiver. The K3 was already a pretty good rig and the...

My first introduction to radio was an "Electronics Workshop" kit by Heathkit. If memory serves me correctly this was my Christmas ...

I read on the M1KTA blog that an antenna lead on one of his Elecraft KX3 units has failed. I know these have seen some harsh portable field...

http://www.elecraft.com/T1/T1_photo_b1.jpg After 8 years of good service (kit bought 2005), my Elecraft T1 auto ATU seems to be playing ...

For the last 6 months I have been saving the pennies in my amateur radio kitty towards the purchase of a new transceiver for general use at ...