Gary very FB. sometimes the missing 10-13 dB (2-3 S-units) is not so big a loss on a clear freq, on bands where you can get above the QRN.
when you have the itch for some SSB activity see who is strong on 20m, and look for sporadic E on 10 meters. it is not so hard to wire this rig up for PSK31 - see the app note on the elecraft site. and its too good of a CW rig not to use it on this mode. i may take my recently completed 100w addition to the K2 for a spin this weekend in the WV contest. i enjoyed this rig for several years without the extra 8-10 dB, so do appreciate your rig as is. 73, curt --- Gary D Krause <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had a blast on 20 meters last night. The band was > really bad and there were > very few weak signals. I installed the SSB board a > couple of nights ago and I > wanted to test it out on the air. I called and > called CQ most of the evening > but, no luck. So, I went to the CW portion of the > band and just happened to > hear Pedro in Mexico calling CQ. We had a great > chat and we were both running > 5 watts QRP. He is my first DX contact with the K2. > I went back to SSB but, > there wasn't much to listen too. I tried calling > again. At eight o'clock I > gave up. > > Thirty minutes later I tried again. I called with > no response. Tuning > further up the band I came across Mike in > Farmington, Maine booming in here > (Wyoming) with a 20 over nine signal. I figured if > anyone can hear me, he > could. We had a great conversation. He was running > 1000 watts and a > tribander. I told him that I was running 10 watts > with a quarter wave > vertical. He couldn't believe it. Anyway, he was > my first contact with SSB > and I am pretty excited to know that it works great > even in crummy conditions! > > I just had to tell someone. This rig is fantastic! > > Thanks, > Gary, N7HTS > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 _______________________________________________ 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
