Hi group, I've been having a lot of fun with my KX1 out near the San Francisco Bay. I have worked coast-to-coast in the US and DX highlights include FO5 Tahiti and CM6 Cuba.
A question on power output: what are your opinions on the value of 12V from an external battery? I.e., 4W vs. 2W? I have had some intermittent ATU problems with the KX1 when on external 12V, so I often need to revert to internal Li AA's. I am wondering what your opinions are on the need for 3dB gain on the KX1. I have tried to do some on-air A/B testing between internal and external power. The guys on the other end usually say "FB on 2W." But I have also gotten some "are you still there." Anyone else do such A/B testing on the air? Any conclusions? Thanks, Mike N9OHW __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ 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
