Hey Rich,

The 100-watt amp has the RS232 connection built in, so you don't have  
to get that if you are going to use it strictly as a 100-watt rig.

It does come with filters that whoever builds it will set up and  
allign for both SSB and CW (not to mention digital).

Thee box for cw readout is about 1.2X3X5 inches--not very big at all.
On Jun 2, 2006, at 10:19 PM, Richard Fiorello wrote:

> Hi;
> I thought I vaguely remembered you using one of these radios.  Does  
> this
> thing also come with crystal filters for cw and or phone or are  
> they part of
> the package.  Sounds like you need the rs232 adaptor to use the  
> external cw
> unit to read menus.  Any idea how big this external cw thing is?
> I thought I saw a list of people who wanted to build but can't find  
> it now
> if my life depended on it.  Sounds like this might be something worth
> considering.  I'm not much for qrp or cw for that matter but with the
> amplifier it might be a rather nice radio.  A bit pricy but what isn't
> Rich ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 1:12 PM
> Subject: Re: elcraft
>
>
> Hey Rich,
>
> The menus do read with the KRC2, if you press the button to read the
> display. Really, it's very nice--about the only things that don't
> read are the tuning rate or tuning locked status and whether VOX is
> on or not.
>
> Yes, the tuner is external to the 100-watt radio.
>
> I've had a K2 for a couple years and like it quite a lot! Really the
> cat's whiskeers for cw, and it's not too slouchy on phonee eeither.
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