My eleven-year-old K1 SN 175 is still my favorite QRP rig, including service as a backpack rig.
For anyone considering the purchase of a new K1, there is one absolutely most-important decision to make: Order the LCD backlight! Even better would be for Elecraft to raise the K1 price a little and make the backlight standard. Trust me... you don't want to have to go through the backlight backfit process after the K1 is built...no fun at all! I waited years after the backlight was available, and I never guessed how useful it is and how little additional power it requires. Second most important decision: Get the four-band board. It has better RF filtering than the two-band board, plus twice the bands, of course. I hope to have a KX3 someday, but nothing would ever make me get rid of my K1 except the eternal dirt nap. :-) [That would make a great advertising quote from a "satisfied customer".] Mike / KK5F ______________________________________________________________ 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
