Hi Eric, I'm not a great cw op either. But the K1 draws me into it. It's making me get better with my cw copying. Also, most cw ops are pretty patient - especially the FISTS group. Good org to get involved with if you're looking to get better. The K2 on cw is a sports car. Its hot and slick and handles like a dream. The K1 is a high-quality economy car. Its small, comparatively simple, and gets the job done. I have the ATU on its way and I'm thinking about the NB. I have 2 two-band modules because I wanted 80 meters. Right now, I have a small LDG tuner to tune my 160 ft open wire-fed doublet. Works great. I get 7 watts out. I'm going to try it with a simple long wire just to see what happens. I have a couple of 12v lithium ion battery packs I bought on ebay from Hong Kong. They should get me a couple of solid hours of operation when the snow finally goes (I'm at 8200' in the Rockies of NW Colorado). I guess the K1 is still pretty popular. Great kit. I built one when it first came out; sold it a few years ago knowing I would eventually just build another.
gl & 73, Doug -- K0DXV On 4/3/2011 9:20 PM, Eric Champine wrote: > Congrats on the build Doug. > Man it was a very fun build for me too. > I finished mine 09-15-10. Serial# 2908. > I was just thinking that in a little more than 6 months they sold 65 > of them. > On average 11 a month. I would say that they are still moving very > nicely off the shelf after all these years. > They must be will loved too because I hardly ever see them for sale > used. I know I'll die with mine :-) > It has the 4 band module and I added the noise blanker, ATU and > battery kit. > I love how it works and sounds. I take it to work with me sometimes > and toss some wire up and across our 12' ceilings for lunch and make > some contacts even though I stink at CW. > I am getting better and it is fun on this nice little rig. > I like it so much I am now building the K2. > Anyhow I just wanted to add in how much fun it was to build. > Have a good evening. > > 73 de W2EEC > > Eric ______________________________________________________________ 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
