I received the KAT1 yesterday. I immediately open the bag, sat down at my work table and went non-stop until it was completed. Everything went together perfectly and it worked on first attempt. The net result is that it can tune my 160' open wire fed doublet on 80, 40, 30, and 20 with no problems. I had some great QSO's running 6 to 7 watts out and getting 599++ reports on 40 and 80. I would say the tuner is doing a great job coupling the K1's minimal power to the antenna. Tuning takes 5 to 8 seconds initially and the K1 reports its final swr in a simple display.
I did go back to the K2 after a hour of K1 operation. The K2's receiver was clearly superior as one would expect. They both shared that silky-smooth, quiet, click-free QSK that makes for the best cw operating experience possible. All in all, the K1 remains a great kit-building experience and I would certainly recommend it if your at all like me with a fully tricked out K2 and an itch to melt more solder. 73, Doug -- K0DXV ______________________________________________________________ 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
