Yes, the 502, I had one of those and worked with the built in antenna to great results with 2 watts. The K3 has some good noise filtering and the filters are helpful. I have two other radios capable of 6 meters and have not done a comparison.
Bill -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Wiley Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 3:32 PM To: Greg-N4CC Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 6M Preamp While having a 6-meter preamplifier may help when signals are weak, if the band well and truly opens, signals will be so strong that overload will be most operator's main problem. Remember that during the openings of 1948 and 1959, many stations managed to work WAS with transmitters that put out less than 10 watts (Gonset "Communicators" and the like) and had receivers where a 10 db noise figure was considered good, and many were much worse, plus many were using very simple antennas (eg: a ground-plane vertical). Up this way, Tim, KL7WE (SK) did indeed work WAS (from Alaska) with a barefoot 2 to 3 watt output ICOM IC-502 set in the 1970's. Not trying to discourage anyone from having a preamplifier available, but just mentioning that with a bit of patience, a "stock" radio may be all you need. - Jim, KL7CC _______________________________________________ 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
