[Elecraft] K2 #2075 works VP9ML

[Sherman Banks (W4ATL)]

Boy am I happy.  I finally worked VK9ML - and I did it on 20M SSB with my K2
at 10W.  My antenna was a A4S tri-bander at 50 ft.

I was seeing the spots this morning that he was begging.  So I flipped my
high power (100 W) Yoohoo FT-920 to 14.200 - and I couldn't hear him.  The
noise was pretty high for some reason.

On a whim, I hooked up my K2.  I heard him great!  Worked him after three
calls.  Turns out I had a bad connection on my 920 causing a high level of
noise that covered him up.  But it was still a thrill to work him with the
K2.

I told my wife that the thrill of working him with the K2 "must be the mojo
that everyone talks about."

"Did the 920 lose its mojo?", she asks.

"No" I said, "the 920 never had any."