Mike Yes I gave it some thought because I was equally surprised (and disturbed) and concluded that I should have looked into it deeper. In hind site, I beleive that had I dialed the RF gain back a little on the R4C last night, it would have made a world of difference. The truth of what I learned last night only applies to both radios set up identically for maximum gain and selectivity on a traditionally noisy band. What was i thinking? I am obviously capable of making mistakes as the evening grows after a hard day at work.. That is why I dont assemble my K2 on weeknights ;) Thank you for your note!
Ken aa7jc -----Original Message----- From: Mike Stricker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 3:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: K2 vs R4C A/B CW listening test Hi Ken, I have an R4C modified with all of the goodies as well. I have found the opposite to be true. I like listening to the K2 over all the other radios that I've owned, but the R4C with the Sherwood filters, audio amp, mixer and product detector AND a good alignment sounds superior for CW and SSB signals, in my opinion. The close-in performance is significantly better. I live in an area where there are many active hams (running 1 kw power levels) and I'm using a 80Meter inverted vee antenna. My k2 doesn't have the 160 option but that is the band where the R4C really shines. I use my R4C for serious operation along with an adapter that I made to use my ICOM radio's transmitter in a transceive mode without having to tune both radios seperately. I'll be making a modification so that I can use the K2 in the same manner since I also like the K2, but I don't feel that it is as "good" as the R4C. Just another opinion:-) Mike, WA1SEO K2 4778 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
