RE: [Elecraft] New K1 Born Yesterday

2007-02-15 Thread Don Wilhelm
Ian, You are correct about the NE/SA602/612 mixer - it generally performs well, but is not the ultimate. Its biggest drawback IMHO is that the performance suffers in the presence of strong signals such as European SW broadcast stations. I have not encountered problem here in North Carolina, but

Re: [Elecraft] New K1 Born Yesterday

2007-02-15 Thread Ian Stirling
On Thursday 15 February 2007 09:17, Don Wilhelm wrote: Check out Wes Hayward's comments at the beginning of The Western Mountaineer article on page 12.7 of Experimental Methods in RF Design. Don, I bought EMiRFD just a week ago. It's a great book. I've yet to explore the CD that comes with

Re: [Elecraft] New K1 Born Yesterday

2007-02-15 Thread Mike Morrow
Ian wrote: The K1 is not a K2 lite... Very true words indeed! A K2 doesn't meet many of my requirements for performance and versatility in a lightweight, compact, low power consumption rig. The K2 doesn't tempt me. I ordered a K1 because of its impressive features soon after I saw the

Re: [Elecraft] New K1 Born Yesterday

2007-02-14 Thread Ian Stirling
On Wednesday 07 February 2007 10:15, Sandy W5TVW wrote: You will find the receiver supurb during heavy QRM situations like contests! ? with the first mixer being an NE or SA 602 or 612? The K1 is not a K2 lite: domestic kittens, no matter how much fun they are, don't grow up to be tigers.

Re: [Elecraft] New K1 Born Yesterday

2007-02-08 Thread Dave G4AON
Sandy W5TVW wrote: I'd opt for the little external tuner (T1?) instead of the internal tuner. It would make changing the band boards simplier and easier I did the simple mod of threading an elastic band through the KAT1 spacers to retain them on the bolts (cut the ends short to avoid it

Re: [Elecraft] New K1 Born Yesterday

2007-02-08 Thread Sandy W5TVW
?) 73, Sandy W5TVW - Original Message - From: Dave G4AON [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 11:55 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] New K1 Born Yesterday Sandy W5TVW wrote: I'd opt for the little external tuner (T1?) instead of the internal

[Elecraft] New K1 Born Yesterday

2007-02-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
K1 Serial Number 2305 operational on 2/6/07. 2-Band (2040)w/Antenna Tuner Antenna: 30-ft long wire strung over tree branches. First QRP Contact: W4IT (Steve) From: Dallas, TX to Gray Court, SC This little rig is A BLAST!

Re: [Elecraft] New K1 Born Yesterday

2007-02-07 Thread Sandy W5TVW
changing the band boards simplier and easier. 73, Sandy W5TVW - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 8:14 AM Subject: [Elecraft] New K1 Born Yesterday K1 Serial Number 2305 operational on 2/6/07. 2-Band (2040)w/Antenna

Re: [Elecraft] New K1 Born Yesterday

2007-02-07 Thread Mike Morrow
wa5pgl wrote: K1 Serial Number 2305 operational on 2/6/07. 2-Band (2040)w/Antenna Tuner That's 2130 K1 units since my number 175 arrived in November, 2000. I ordered it in June, so I waited five months. It was worth it. I'm not all that fond of the monotony of stuffing resistors and

Re: [Elecraft] New K1 Born Yesterday

2007-02-07 Thread Sandy W5TVW
] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 11:19 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] New K1 Born Yesterday wa5pgl wrote: K1 Serial Number 2305 operational on 2/6/07. 2-Band (2040)w/Antenna Tuner That's 2130 K1 units since my number 175 arrived in November, 2000. I ordered it in June, so I