While I own both the KX2 and KX3, when I was trying to work HD8R on 40m with an Inverted V in the early evening here in SoCal on FT8, there was a HUUUUGE pileup. In my case, the K3 (upgraded to K3S) with the KPA1500 was the trick. It took me an hour and a KW, but I finally got through. So I guess the story here is that, depending your circumstances, Elecraft has the tools to get the job done :)
On Wed, Nov 3, 2021 at 5:42 PM Bill Lederer <[email protected]> wrote: > By far it is the most fun per watt of any radio that I have ever owned. > > I worked HD8R on 15 with 10 watts to a random wire. > > w8vln > > On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 6:08 PM Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I took advantage of the excellent conditions today to work a little DX > > with the KX2. I was running 10 watts on 17 meters to a 20 meter vertical. > > > > There was HD8M (Galapagos), loud and clear, calling CQ "up 5" on 18.145. > > > > When I broke the pileup on the third call, I reflected on how many of the > > KX2's features came into play to make this happen: > > > > - ATU easily matched my 20 meter vertical on 17 meters (1.0:1) > > > > - internal battery allowed transmit at a full 10 watts > > > > - speech compression made it sound more like 20 or 30 watts :) > > > > - used the KX2's stereo audio/dual-receive function to listen on both > > 18.145 (RX) and 18.150 (TX) at the same time; transmitting SPLIT > > > > - annoying S8 noise pulses were vanquished by the NB > > > > - carriers from the inconsiderate were dealt with by auto-notch > > > > - used one of the rig's two DVR messages to do the calling > > > > That's a lot of fully integrated fun in a radio that weighs less than one > > pound and draws only about 170 mA in receive mode. And a great excuse to > > get outdoors. > > > > Details on the KX2 can be found here: > > > > > > > https://elecraft.com/collections/kx-line/products/kx2-ssb-cw-data-80-10-m-transceiver > > > > 73, > > Wayne > > N6KR > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > Message delivered to [email protected] > > > > > -- > --w8lvn-- > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] > -- Owner, worldwidedx.com AE6LX, Amateur Radio ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
