With I could go back to Galapagos again! On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 06:20 Wes <[email protected]> wrote:
> I own an upgraded K3, a K3S, a KPOD, a KPA500 and a KAT500. I used the > latter > two with a brand K transceiver and very modest antennas to work them (so > far) on > 25 of the 29 slots they operated on. > > In my book six-meters doesn't count and they only made a handful of > 60-meter CW > and SSB Qs so that doesn't either. They operated briefly on 20-meter RTTY > while > I wasn't home :-( > > My only nod to QRP is that the whole station runs on one 20A 120VAC > circuit. > > Wes N7WS > > On 11/3/2021 9:07 PM, Tim Tucker wrote: > > 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] -- 73 de Ted Edwards, W3TB and GØPWW and thinking about operating CW: "Do today what others won't, so you can do tomorrow what others can't." ______________________________________________________________ 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]
