Gary the K2 works nifty on SSB, either as a 15 or 100 watt radio. even with only a vertical I would not hesitate to call someone DX on 20m. of course its easier when sunspots are higher! i have made many contest QSO's running SSB QRP. and this is a great rig for running PSK31. so if you have the board go ahead and install it!
count the dB's carefully and convert them to the number of S-units. i am not saying don't QRO, as when i discovered working DX on 80m CW is interesting I added 100w to my K2. i won't debate the K2 vs. K3 trade! converted to $ per dB of performance, i am not sure where this will fall. 73, curt --- Gary D Krause <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was just wondering how many here use SSB with > their 15 watt K2? Does it > meet your expectations? > > The reason I am asking is because, I have the SSB > board ready to install. I > have been using the basic K2 the last few days in CW > mode and I really like it > since I work mostly CW. I have a Kenwood TS-530SP > that works great on SSB so, > I'm trying to decide if it's really worth installing > the SSB option. So, I'm > trying to gather as many opinions as possible so > that I can sit and torture > myself further. :-) I did own an Argonaut V for > about eight months. It would > put out about 20 watts which made SSB a bit more of > a challenge. Since I have > the Kenwood that will put out 170 watts, believe it > or not, I'm thinking that > I would probably not use the SSB option unless it's > for QRP SSB. > > Your opinions are welcome. I should mention that > I'm not planning to add the > 100 watt amp to the K2. If I'm going to do that, > I'll just buy a K3! I also > work a lot of QRP CW. > > Thanks, > Gary, N7HTS > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ 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
