[Elecraft] Re: FD W4ZV 1B QRP Single Op

2004-06-29 Thread wayne burdick
Hi Bill, Congratulations on your excellent showing on Field Day. With that many QSOs, I'm sure you'll do very well in your division. Yes, FD is a bit of work, but it's also a great chance to get outdoors and try your hand at emergency communication setup. I think you'll be back next year ;)

Re: [Elecraft] Re: FD W4ZV 1B QRP Single Op

2004-06-29 Thread Jim Brown
On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 08:08:37 -0700, wayne burdick wrote: What I usually do is put up at least two antennas (typically, orthogonal long wires that favor N-S and E-W). You can connect both to the KAT2 or KAT100 at the same time, since both ATUs have dual antenna jacks. You can then quickly test

[Elecraft] Re: FD W4ZV 1B QRP Single Op

2004-06-29 Thread Bill Tippett
Hi Wayne, At 11:08 AM 6/29/04, wayne burdick wrote: QSK... Where did you have T-R set in the menu? At T-R = 0.00, the receiver is unmuted very fast, which can cause a small receive artifact with certain narrow crystal filter and DSP settings. But we recommend using T-R = 0.01 or higher

[Elecraft] Re: FD W4ZV 1B QRP Single Op

2004-06-29 Thread wayne burdick
On Jun 29, 2004, at 10:22 AM, Bill Tippett wrote: By the way, could you explain exactly what the K2's performance tradeoff is when using OPT - BATT? Does this give mainly less sensitivity or less dynamic range? It sounds like sensitivity to my ears so I left it set to OPT - PERF for the