When I first got my K1 running a couple of years ago, When I disconnected the generator and turned the gain full up, the receiver sounded a bit "deaf" as there was practically no noise at all generated internally! It has never ceased to amaze me as to what I can hear with it though! For what is in it, it works amazingly well and it is by far the best CW QRP rig I ever owned. Right about now, I need a new tuning pot, as I have just about worn the one that came with it out! I plan on getting a metal shafted one when I replace it as the plastic bodied one gets a bit sloppy when you use it as much as I've used this one! Can't say enough about it's performance in VERY crowded band conditions of QRP contests. For the number of crystals in the variable selectivity filter, it works VERY nicely!
73, Sandy W5TVW K1 #1178 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephanie Maks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 6:41 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Amazing K1 & K2 receiver feat | At least, I think it's amazing. | | I have my K1 on the workbench right now for some testing. I've got a | little 5-watt dummy load plugged in as I was doing some tests with | the power and SWR meters in the KAT1. | | And suddenly, with just a dummy load, I was listening to W1AW code | practice on 40 meters! | | When I heard the faint code, my first thought was that I'd left a PIC | beacon controller running on my bench. When I realized that nothing | on my bench was turned on, I thought maybe I have a ham neighbor that | I wasn't previously aware of. Then I heard the callsign, and | realized it's code practice, coming from Newington CT! | | So I had to try it with the K2...I put it in the same spot, plugged | in the dummy load and tuned 7047.5. Hey, it works on the K2 as | well! RF Gain at max, AF Gain at "2 o'clock" and pre-amp on, and I | can hear W1AW in the K2 speaker, using just a dummy load for an antenna. | | So, is this amazing proof of the great Elecraft designs? Or does | this sort of thing happen all the time? | | 73 de Stephanie | va3uxb | K2#5311 - K1#2132 | | _______________________________________________ | Elecraft mailing list | Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net | You must be a subscriber to post to the list. | Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): | http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft | | Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm | Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com | | | | -- | No virus found in this incoming message. | Checked by AVG Free Edition. | Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.22/238 - Release Date: 1/23/2006 | | _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
