KX2 arrives, or: CW op makes a phone contact

My KX2 arrived yesterday amid bad lightning storms. First RF was this morning during the CQ-WPX contest. After quickly working 10 DX entities and a few Stateside stations on a variety of bands I decided it was time to plug in the microphone.

Here is the result (note the reaction of the other op upon learning about my rig!):

Initial impressions?

Receive audio with the built-in speaker is nothing short of amazing. 

The KX2 is smaller than I had imagined despite seeing photos and other videos of it in action. It's small! It is also ergonomically well-laid out with all the functions I might need being easily accessible. I programmed all 4 "quick memories" into each band to make it fast & easy to get around within a band.

The tuner has no problem tuning my tri-band Yagi for the WARC bands and even 30 meters where I just worked a new NPOTA station. I'm activating a NPOTA myself tomorrow and looking forward to getting this KX2 out in the field.

I'll hold off on a full review until after my TAT ride in July but suffice it to say that I am very happy with this radio. It is proving to be everything I wanted it to be in a small, multimode QRP rig.
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