[Elecraft] Changes from 100 watts to 10 watts

Tue Dec 31 08:42:01 2002

Huh? How does the person who is trying to copy you know if you are using a
QRP rig or a 100w rig with the power cut back? A weak signal sounds the same
whether you are using either rig. When I'm trying to pull out a weak signal
I am trying to copy the person's call, not what rig they are using.
Maybe the folks who build these very small milliwatt QRP rigs in pill boxes
think the original K2 owners are high power folks?
Tony
N2TK

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Julian (G4ILO)
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 05:04
To: Phil Wheeler
Cc: Elecraft List
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Changes from 100 watts to 10 watts

I guess it depends a lot on how often the nomenclature "K2/100" gets used
on the air, or whether it gets shortened to the more convenient "K2". I'm
guessing, too, that the 100W models will eventually outnumber the 10W ones
so the name "K2" won't be synonymous with "QRP". When I decided to go
all-QRP I sold a 100W Icom radio because I didn't want to be in the
position of making a QSO where the other guy was struggling to hear me and
didn't want to persevere because he thought I could simply turn the power
up. It doesn't help me or, I think, any QRP operator, to have people think
you're using a radio that's capable of 100 watts.

I agree about the post-3000 SN situation. Perhaps the new ones should have
been called the K2 Mk II. Perhaps Elecraft would even have made more sales
out of it, as more existing owners would have been tempted to upgrade.

73 and Happy New Year
--
Julian, G4ILO. (K2 #392)
Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/g4ilo

  ==== Original message ====

> Julian,
>
> I've been traveling and your message is the first I've read in this
> thread.  My take is as follows:
>
> o K2/100 and K2 are different model numbers.  Seems to me that the TX
> power is the only difference and that using a "more different" model
> nomenclature would suggest greater differences (e.g., in RX)
>
> o "Made to feel":  How can that be?  You are responsible for how you
> feel.
>
> It is true there may be some "peer pressure" to build all the Elecraft
> products and that not doing so may result in feelings of "not keeping up
> with the crowd".  But if the K2 (vs. K2/100) is the rig you want, do not
> add the KPA100 nor KAT100.
>
> Re nomenclature:  What really has me addled is the pre-3000 vs. 3000+ K2
> situation.  Mine (S/N 380) has some of the mods in the 3000+ version but
> not all.  My challenge for the new year will be to get caught up on that
> situation (what changes and which I've done) so I can have the latest
> and greatest K2. version!
>
> 73 es Happy New Year, Phil
>
>
>

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