Stan, I can tell you that I envy you quite a bit !
I was operating at OZ5E as M2 HP station with two Yaesu FT-1000 MP Mark Five's, with all of Inrad's complete inventory of filters added, stubs here, there and everywhere, and two Acom 1010's on the back punching out a full legal limit. Even if we did very well and broke the Danish records (which we did) on CQWW CW points, I missed to try out the K2's receiver and sweet sound on CW, but most of all, I missed it's unparallel in-band blocking when the pile-ups were getting thick and the larger stations from eastern Europe was working as close as 300 Hz on my side most of the time - this really becomes difficult on the FT-1000, even with all the post-production filters one could possibly add. They have so much trouble coping with the large-signal conditions of our own harmonics in the shack from the other running station that they suffer from inter-modulation birdies, bleeps, and blops. I am looking forward to the day where I can finally try out a pair of K2's or K3's in a M2 HP contesting setup on CQWW or similar high-activity CW contest. I get so exited wanting to test for real on real harsh conditions on an over-crowded 40m band how the crystal filters add to the joy of the Elecraft receiver. 73' Brian OZ2BRN K2 # 6936 Den 29-11-2010 21:36, stan levandowski skrev: > My barefoot K2 at 5 watts and my 62' attic doublet with the SG-237 > autocoupler produced 43 countries, 25 states, and six Canadian provinces > for me. I operated on 80, 40, 20, and 15. > > The K2 performed flawlessly. > > Stan Levandowski WB2LQF > HF QRP CW -- Doing more with less for over 50 years! > QCWA #35038 OOTC #4558 NAQCC #4740 SKCC #6488 FISTS #14992 > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
