[Elecraft] K2/100 #3311 in ARRL DX CW Test

2005-02-21 Thread J F
Well another one is history Heard and worked a few DX QRPers, missed a GM who was SPing. I give folks a lot of credit in this noisy mess. If I'm in your log, and you need a QSL for elecraft awards, please send it along. One new wrinkle this year, I added the Elecraft balun to my 80M

Re: [Elecraft] K2/100 #3311 in ARRL DX CW Test

2005-02-21 Thread Vic Rosenthal
J F wrote: Heard and worked a few DX QRPers I worked TI5N in Costa Rica on FIVE bands, 80-10. He was running 5 watts and had a great signal. Wonder if it was an Elecraft rig? My K2/100 #709 pounded away for 22 hours flat out without missing a beat. -- 73, Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA

Re: [Elecraft] K2/100 #3311 in ARRL DX CW Test

2005-02-21 Thread J F
Vic, He had decent antennas in a decent location I'll bet! I wondered that as well. I wonder how many Elecraft's participated and at what power level? There were a few sweeps from 160 to 10, and more on 80 thru 10 here. If I didn't make too many logging errors, I will have done quite well on

Re: [Elecraft] K2/100 #3311 in ARRL DX CW Test

2005-02-21 Thread Mike Harris
G'day, #1400 @ 100W did a little SP on 14/21/28 MHz. I was only looking to see how many states I could snag in between doing other stuff during a wonderfully sunny weekend. I ended up with 30 states plus two provinces out of 104 exchanges plus a few others heard in pile-ups but not worked 'cos

Re: [Elecraft] K2/100 #3311 in ARRL DX CW Test

2005-02-21 Thread Jim Brown
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:04:32 -0800, Vic Rosenthal wrote: My K2/100 #709 pounded away for 22 hours flat out without missing a beat. Same here -- but 23 hours for #3003. I started out with the K2/100 driving a Ten Tec Titan 425 amp, but an amp P/S problem that I've been too busy to

Re: [Elecraft] K2/100 #3311 in ARRL DX CW Test

2005-02-21 Thread J F
Hi Vic, Thanks for the suggestion. I'll give it a try. The KPA is quite comfortable to the touch even after running for an hour, no complaints. Perhaps better headphones, noise cancelling types, would solve both issues for me. Cheers, Julius n2wn I know it isn't necessary, but I put a 3-1/2 (89