They are both really FB rigs, but the K2 is the best overall QRP radio out there IMHO. Our local QRP club has outings at the state park, and it is so nice to have access to all bands. I like to start at 10m and work my way down until I find activity. 17m has turned into one of my favorite bands, and there has been some activity on 12m. With the built-in tuner and battery, all that is needed externally is the paddle and an antenna. The KX1 is small, but the K2 is small enough to be easy to carry for portable use. I use an old padded camcorder case which contains enough room for the K2, the Paddlette PK1 paddle (and a spare), a balun, some tools, adaptors, a notebook for logging, and a small power supply when AC is available. Another bag is used for the antenna stuff.
Besides the state park, I operate the K2 from a weekend retreat house on AC power and that has worked out FB too. 10W has proven to be enough power for enjoyable world-wide QSOs on 40m through 10m with a 40m inverted V fed with twinlead. 73, John W2XS KX1 (S/N 015) w/KXPD1, KXAT1, KXB30 (The one in the QST review) K2 (S/N 1116) w/KAT2, KSB2, K160RX, KIO2, KBT2, KNB2, KAF2, FDIMP (Built by Sherwood Eng) Drake T4X (S/N 11161) (Just a coincidence) K3/100 (S/N 919) w/KAT3, KBPF3, KUSB, KFL3A-200, 500, 2.7k, AM, FM, KRX3, KXV3 HexKey (S/N 113) DL1, BL1, BL2, N-gen, XG1, W1, BNC-MM -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Dayton-purchase-KX1-or-K2-tp5044456p5046092.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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
