Of course you'll make more contacts with 100 watts than with 10 watts, but 10 watts, or less, is plenty of power to make lots of QSO's much of the time. How much power one feels is necessary is a very personal decision. We often joke about it, but there are those who truly consider 100 watts, or even 500 watts, to be low power just as there are many Hams whose enjoyment comes from "working the world" with 5 watts or less.
Don't forget that the K2 is designed to be both a highly-portable 10 watt rig and a robust 100 watt rig. All you need do is switch top covers, which only takes a couple of minutes. One top cover contains the KAT2 ATU and may also include a battery for stand-alone portable operation at 10 watts. The other top cover contains the 100 watt amplifier. (BTW, the "barefoot" K2 is a 10 watt rig, not a 20 watt rig - it makes more than 10 watts on most bands to ensure it meets the 10 watt requirement in spite of nominal differences in components, supply voltage, etc. You can expect it to make up to 15 watts on some bands. That's fine for CW. For SSB, the IMD specs start to decline over 10 watts PEP.) Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- QUESTION: For those who have only one radio to use for base station and occasional field operations have you found the K2 to be more than adequate or do you recommend the K2/100 with external ATU? I am a casual operator; both CW (90%) and SSB (10%). Do those of you who have or had the K2/20 have regrets not getting the K2/100? Thank you in advance for your feedback Alan KB7MBI ______________________________________________________________ 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
