[Elecraft] K2 wins CQWW - Totally Cool!!

Fri Aug 30 15:20:01 2002

Now that's about as cool as it gets. Very neat Alan. A great compliment to the 
operater and to the K2. Congratulations! 73/Tim NZ7C 

Quoting Alan Fryer <[email protected]>:

> Alan
> 
> Have to stick a note in here....
> 
> After a few years of trying, I won the CQWW CW USA All Band QRP class in
> 
> 2001. My rig was my original Field Tester K2 #78.  The performance of
> the K2 
> in full tilt contest conditions is as good or better than any other rig
> I 
> have ever used and I've used them all....both at home and at MM and MS
> 
> stations. The superior close-in dynamic blocking characteristics and the
> 
> ability to accurately adjust the filters and BFO(using Spectrogram)gives
> the 
> K2 a leg up on the commercial rigs.
> 
> Hats off to Eric and Wayne ! The K2 is just now getting the widespread
> 
> recognition it so richly deserves.
> 
> Alan, N3BJ
> Bent Mountain, VA
> 
> 
> 
> >From: "Alan Kaul, W6RCL" <[email protected]>
> >Reply-To: [email protected]
> >To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" <[email protected]>
> >Subject: Slightly OT: K2
> >Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 11:11:17 -0700
> >
> >For those of you who don't read CQ Magazine, the September issue
> reports on
> >the results of the 2001 CQ WW CW DX Contest.  The best reading is not
> the
> >scores -- it is in the "soapbox" feature where the entrants offer
> their
> >comments post-contest.
> >
> >The single radio which gets the most praise from DX and USA
> contestants
> >alike is the K2 ...
> >
> >That's a pretty good endorsement ....
> >
> >72/73 de alan
> >
> >
> >Alan Kaul, W6RCL, LaCanada, CA
> >[email protected]
> >http://home.att.net/~alan.kaul/index.html
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Alan, N3BJ
> Bent Mountain, VA
> 
> 
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