Antenna was an 80 meter dipole at 50' with 100' of 450 ohm line sloping north. I short the feeder and feed it as a Marconi against a 6 radial ground system, radials being 150' long. I use a simple "L" section matching network. Series "L" and shunt "C" on antenna side of the network.
I too use the narrow bandwidth at 200 Hz. and input attenuator on. (With K1 radio) Wish I could have had the endurance and un-interrupted time to operate longer! I had trouble working W1 stations from here. 73, Sandy W5TVW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Sublette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Sandy W5TVW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Elecraft" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 11:44 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K1 160m/80m | Sandy, | | What antenna did you use on 160? It must have beeen pretty good to have | worked that many stations. I ran 100W(TenTec Omni VI+) for the contest | and worked 397 Qs and 80 multipliers, many of which were DX. But my | antenna is a full quarterwave elevated groundplane. I have found that | on the contest nights I have to screw the filtering down to 250 hz and | put a 20 db pad in the front end. In addition, I turn off the AGC and | back the RF gain down. It was actually quite pleasant to work the | contest in this way. I have no special receiving antennas....just use | the vertical on TX and RX. | | 73, | | Dave, K4TO | | Sandy W5TVW wrote: | > That's what I did is make a 160/80 meter board. Had a ton of fun | > over the weekend on 160. Managed to work almost 150 QSO's with only | > 8 hours operating time. Used the K1 and 5 watts out. Worked 38 USA/Canada | > sections and two DX QSO's. Heard lots of DX but really hammering QRM | > for this power level! | > Too bad the band isn't populated most nights! This demonstrates that 160 | > is VERY viable band that is very neglected the rest of the year! | > | > 73, | > Sandy W5TVW | > ----- Original Message ----- | > From: "Don Wilhelm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > To: "SteveG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> | > Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 7:08 AM | > Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K1 160m/80m | > | > | > | Steve, | > | | > | Putting a K1 on 160 can be done easily (see instructions below for one | > | method). Not too much effort. | > | The KAT1 will tune OK, but the range will not be as great as on higher | > | bands. | > | In my opinion, it is a pain to have 2 40 meter boards and keep track of | > | which is what. Note that the K1 will remember 6 bands, so a 4 band board | > | for 40 and up plus a 2 band board for 160 and 80 makes sense to me. | > | | > | ADDING 160 meters to a K1: | > | | > | > Not quite a full "Elecraft" 160m & 80m board, but you can do it this way - | > | > order a 2 band board for 80m and any other band, PLUS, order the following | > | > components (Elecraft has them all except the crystal) - here are the | > | > instructions for how I did it: -- | > | > maybe you can make a deal with someone at Elecraft to ship a ''1 band | > | board | > | > and the other needed parts" | > | > | > | > I ordered the following from Elecraft: | > | > | > | > Capacitors: | > | > 2 - E530002 1500 pf capacitor | > | > 3 - E530003 2700 pf capacitor | > | > 2 - E530005 1200 pf capacitor | > | > 2 - E530035 1800 pf capacitor | > | > 2 - E530052 560 pf capacitor | > | > 2 - E530053 680 pf capacitor | > | > 1 - E530058 12 pf capacitor | > | > | > | > Inductors: | > | > 1 - E690007 33 uh inductor | > | > 2 - E690001 4.7 uh variable inductor (wide tuning slot) | > | > | > | > Toroid cores: | > | > 2 - E680001 T44-1 or T50-1 toroid cores (blue color) | > | > | > | > I also ordered a 9.800 mHz crystal (HC-49 case 20 pf load capacitance) | > | from | > | > International Crystal Manufacturing www.icmfg.com. | > | > | > | > If you are planning to use the K1 ATU with this board, you should also | > | order | > | > the P1 (3 pin) and P2 (10 pin - 5 x 2) headers from Elecraft. | > | > | > | > The parts from Elecraft (without the headers) were less than $15 and the | > | > crystal was priced at $17.95 - not an unreasonable price IMHO. | > | > | > | > I assembled the 2 band board with the 80 meter components in the band 2 | > | > locations as indicated in the instructions - except for L5 and L6 were | > | left | > | > empty at this time. | > | > | > | > Next, the low- pass toroids were wound with 21 turns (20 inches of wire) | > | on | > | > the T50-1 (blue) cores, and soldered into the L9 and L10 positions. | > | > | > | > The 4.7 uH variable inductors were soldered in the positions for L5 and | > | L6. | > | > On the bottom of the board, 1200 pf capacitors were soldered across L5 and | > | > L6 (the outer pins on the side of the can with 3 pins). | > | > | > | > The 33 uH inductor goes into the position marked for C13. Form the leads | > | > under the inductor body so that the leads fit into the holes - my inductor | > | > is parallel with the board and tucked between the bandpass filter cans. | > | > | > | > Mount the 9.8 mHz crystal at the X1 position and solder the grounding wire | > | > to the side of the can (or top if you prefer). | > | > | > | > The remaining capacitors are fitted into the following positions: | > | > C1 & C5 - 680 pf | > | > C2 & C4 - 2700 pf | > | > C3 - 12 pf | > | > | > | > C11 & C15 - 1800 pf | > | > C12 & C14 - 560 pf | > | > C21 & C23 - 1500 pf | > | > C22 - 2700 pf | > | > | > | > You should now have all the holes filled, and can proceed to align the 2 | > | > band board following the instructions in the K1 manual. Mine came up with | > | > no trouble at all. | > | | > | 73, | > | Don W3FPR | > | | > | > -----Original Message----- | > | > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of SteveG | > | > Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 7:11 AM | > | > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net | > | > Subject: [Elecraft] K1 160m/80m | > | > | > | > | > | > Hi Folks, I've a couple of spare FIL-2 revD boards that I want to | > | > reload for | > | > fun. Put one on 40/80 and the other on 80m/160m(?). | > | > | > | > Here's my Qs: | > | > 1. Will the ATU handle 80m? ...and what about 160M? assuming I'm | > | > not trying | > | > to load a 'coat hanger' on 160! | > | > 2. Where can I get the info on putting K1 FIL 2 on 160m ? is it worht the | > | > effort? | > | > 3. My FIL-4 aready has 40m if I do a FIL-2 on 40/80 is it a pain to recal | > | > for the band/board swap? | > | > 4. So when iis the KX1 30/80 brd gonna debut??? I would love to fill those | > | > long cold winter eves with few KX1-QSOs durning my snow cave adventures. | > | > Steve/n0tu (in digest mode) | > | > | > | | > | _______________________________________________ | > | Elecraft mailing list | > | Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net | > | 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 | > | | > | | > | | > | -- | > | No virus found in this incoming message. | > | Checked by AVG Free Edition. | > | Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.25/246 - Release Date: 1/30/2006 | > | | > | | > _______________________________________________ | > Elecraft mailing list | > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net | > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. | > Subscriber Info (Addr. 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