On Jun 22, 2007, at 8:21 AM, Kenneth E. Harker wrote:
I am a K2 owner and a serious phone contester. I do not use the K2
for
contesting. The two biggest flaws are (a) the tuning rate of the main
tuning knob is awful for serious phone use and cannot be improved, and
(b) there is no audio monitor.
a) you can select the 50 Hz tuning rate, which does OK for tuning
phone. In fact, one of my wish list items for the K2 is to have the
default tuning rate track the mode, so you don't have to keep
switching it. 50 Hz tuning yields 5 kHz / revolution.
b) do you really need to listen to yourself? If you are using two
radios, you don't want the monitor at all.
The K3 will fix both of these problems
as well as adding a second receiver option (useful for 40 meters split
operation) among other improvements for the phone operator.
The K3 is better for serious contesting in many ways, but the K2 does
hold its own.
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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