Once again, those experiences reinforce the idea that if you have $1000 to spend on a shack, spend $500 on the antenna. :)
73 de Ray K2ULR On Mar 4, 2012, at 7:32 AM, [email protected] wrote: > As good as the Elecraft stuff is the Antenna makes a big difference. > > I could hear and work guys on the big loop that were below noise on > the > dipole. > > ~73 > Don > KD8NNU > > > On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 6:48 AM, Bill W4ZV wrote: > >> Last summer I picked up a mis-assembled KSB2 on the cheap to add >> to my >> 2004 >> vintage K2. After fixing a few assembly problems and installing the >> updated >> crystal set, I checked it out with a few QSOs but had not used it >> much >> on >> SSB since then. >> Yesterday I decided to pull it out and try a few QSOs on 10m in the >> ARRL >> contest. Wow what a pleasant experience! The SSB received audio >> sounds >> absolutely great and my TX audio (Heil HC4 headset) worked well >> enough >> to >> get through to most stations in just a few calls. I was amazed to >> actually >> break a modest pileup on FO5QB! >> >> After ~1 hour of purely S&P operating, I had 81 QSOs in 24 countries, >> including all continents except Asia (not heard due to poor >> conditions). Of >> course stacked 6el Yagis deserve a little credit! :-) >> Thank you Elecraft for a great QRP rig...even on SSB! >> >> 73, Bill W4ZV >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K2-QRP-fun-in-ARRL-DX-SSB- >> tp7342165p7342165.html >> Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
