Wayne,
I have used my XG3 for years, and can't say enough good about it, and
how useful it is...
The last use was in an antenna building and training class. We set it
up across a park from where we were, and used it to test the antennas
built by the folks taking the class... It is handy, small, and a really
good tool to have.
--
73, and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)
https://www.nk7z.net
ARRL Volunteer Examiner
ARRL Technical Specialist, RFI
ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources
It is well-known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.
Isaac Asimov
On 4/28/25 12:14, Wayne Burdick wrote:
[Breaking News: Eric will interrupt his Hamvention prep to autograph
your XG3 manual if you order this week. Just sayin'....]
Remember the XG3? It's our deck-of-cards-sized, versatile and highly
stable all-band signal source. I tried to compare its weight to my
HP8647A and nearly broke my postal scale. (The XG3 weighs 4 oz. -- 9 V
battery included. The HP sig gen warps nearby spacetime.)
"I need one! (why?)"
Because the XG3 puts out a clean, synthesized carrier that simplifies
all sorts of receiver work, like filter alignment, MDS testing, and
signal tracing.
And because it has four different calibrated output levels (into 50 ohms):
-107 dBm (1 uV)
-73 dBm (50 uV / S9)
-33 dBm (40 over 9)
0 dBm (0.23 V RMS, i.e. Humongous)
There are + and - buttons to allow you quickly get to the target ham
band (160 - 2 meters). Harmonics out to 1400 MHz can be used to cover
UHF bands as well.
But that's just the start of what you can do with this little
oscillator. Via the included USB cable, you can control and configure
the XG3 remotely, do wide-range frequency sweeps, and download new
firmware. It even includes built-in CW and FSK modulation. ("You mean
it's a QRPpp CW/RTTY transmit driver for homebrew QRP projects?" Yes.
With an all-band tunable VFO. "Can you work all states with a barefoot
XG3?" TBD. Let me know.)
For more information including the downloadable manual, see our XG3 web page:
https://elecraft.com/products/xg3
If we've left anything to your imagination, feel free to email me
directly. You can also see what other XG3 owners are saying on the
eHam review page:
https://www.eham.net/reviews/view-product/9807
73,
Wayne
N6KR
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