David F. Reed wrote:
Jeremy,
I own a K2 and a KX1, and have some opinions; but I think there is no
hard and fast answer.
The K2 is superb; its receiver is about as good as my Icom IC-7800; no
joke. Yes there are a few conditions in which I prefer the Icom, but
to me, that is an amazing feat given the price difference. My only
suggestion that might improve the K2 receiver performance factor for
me would be improving the noise blanker & noise reduction DSP somewhat.
When you say "as long as it can transmit" do you mean CW only? I
assume so from your consideration of a KX1.
I have not had my KX1 long enough or used it enough under varying
circumstance, but it is more portable and has some nifty features, and
is easier on the battery, and I do really like it.
Perhaps you could share with us what rig you were disappointed by, and
in what ways; since all solutions are compromises to some degree, it
may help us better advise you.
I don't want to since all the other people I've talked to seem to have a
fine rig. I don't want to degrade it for something that may have been my
mistake. I have run into a few other people that are having my same
problem though. I really don't think it was my building of the rig that
caused the problem because I am an experienced builder that was very
carefull. I have built many kits (OHR-100A, 38 Special, Rock Mite, ZM-2,
Ten Tec 30m, K2 (#600), KD1JV's Digial SWR/Power meter, etc...) all
those are great rigs and work as expected.
The rig I am comparing to is an IC-703 which has a pretty good reciever
in it and I don't expect any of the rigs to compare to it, but I do
expect them to at least hear that signals are present when on my 703
they are copyable w/little difficulty. Is my expectation too high? I no
longer have my K2, I was dumb and sold it to get into satellite ops.
Today I rarely do sats but have remained constant with QRP.
Jeremy
KB8LFA
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