Had some fun with my K2 running SSB on 20m. Was listening to a guy in Florida boasting how life is too short for QRP and telling a guy local to me about his beam and SB220. hi hi...So me, like a smart a$%, jump in there with the K2 set to 5w. Yep he comes right back to me saying I am light but in there decent. He asks what I am running. I cracked up laughing and said a Butternut HF6V and a K2 set to 5w output...hi hi...
So the band starts to fold for that path and a guy in Tuscon AZ comes in there and says my K2 is sounding great and about S-9. I said hold on a bit and came back at him with 1w. Yep, he says the 1w is making it, but real light copy near the noise floor. I try 2.5w then 5w and he says that helped out a lot. So I let her rip at near 20w and got a almost 10/9 report out of him!!! I think fading had something to do with the different signal levels but it proved QRP would do the trick on SSB. Later on I had to get on my '930 as the band was folding. Chatted with a bit over 100w on that rig until he faded down to a S-3 and said my 73's es thanks OM. Has anyone used a MC-60 mic with a K2? The first comment I got when I went over to the '930 was more punch to the audio. The '930 was setup kind of light audio with the ALC barely moving the needle. I use a MC-60 mic on that radio. The mic preamp was on. I am using a MC-43s hand mic on the K2, and it is set to the recommended audio and compression levels. Would the MC-60 drive it a bit stronger yet not destroy the audio quality? I suspect the K2 might be running super clean audio with no compression or processing. Could it benefit from a bit more audio drive or processing? I don't know. What do you guys run for audio settings on the K2? -- Mike WE0H K2 #6698 SKCC #5446 ______________________________________________________________ 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
