>I think many "Elekrafters" enjoy CW because the radios (K1, KX1, K2) >have such nice characteristics as CW rigs
I can understand people preferring CW because of having CW Rigs and vice versa but if it is reaching a point of ejecting/rejecting others for not having the same preferences then we have got a problem. >I think most will welcome you here, and the cw / ssb rivalry is all in >fun (or so it seems to me). I just hope it is. Otherwise I'd really be disappointed. >So what antenna(s) are you using with your K2, and what bands are you >using it most on? I have got a 4-band inverted-V on 10, 20, 40 and 80 meters about 20 meters off the ground. I managed to get SWRs less than 1.2 on all bands after struggling for a few weeks on the roof of our apartment block. It seems it was worth the trouble. Although my QTH is blocked by a nearby hill in the East and another nearish hill in the North, I have worked quite a few countries with less than 8 Watts. (My rig does not go above 7.1 to 7.3 Watts, giving a Hi Cur warning. I just hope this is normal. Cal Cur is set at 3.5 Ampers) When I could hear the stations early enough, I have managed to contact a few Japanese stations, too. When I am little late, my signals get lost in the pileup. The European DX Net organized by I2ZGC, Gianni helped me make contact with a few North African stations but I could not hear/get heard by stations in South Africa nor Indonesia. I sometimes hear a few North American stations early in the morning but even then they are very weak most of the time. I work on 40 and 80 meters at night and 20 meters during the day, mostly. I could not hear anyone on 10 meters so far. It seems to be very quite in this part of the world. Perhaps I just wonder around the wrong frequencies or just at the wrong time. I cannot go in the air very often because of work load during the week and because of XYL QRM at weekends but I try to join contests whenever I can. It is great fun. I am now looking forward to the European QSO Party. If we can manage the contacts properly, an SSB version might start soon. 73! BKA (TA2RX) ---------------------------------- Bekir Kemal Ataman ArchiMac BBS Sysop & Webmaster <http://www.archimac.org/> _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
