[Elecraft] Re: [HFpack] Re: Conclusion from the witness. (K2 Trouble - my $.02 worth)

[rich a.]

I recently participated in a Ham radio demo for Boy Scouts using my stock
(no mods) K2  and homebrew Buddipole on 17m. Also participating were two
other hams, one using an Icom 706 with a (2) hamstick dipole on 17m and the
other also using a 706 with a ground mounted multiband vertical. We had all
3 rigs  set up on a picnic table. The hamstick dipole and my Buddipole were
approx 20' apart and the verticle was 25' away. Both 706s were at 100 watts.
All 3 rigs carried on simultaneous qsos and my K2 exhibited no distortion or
interference from the other rigs at any time....which leads me to think that
the problem related below is isolated to that one particular K2, not endemic
to all K2s. Just my opinion....your milage may vary.

Rich   K2CPE
K2 #1102

> I can verify Ken's SeaPac story. I witnessed the demostration for the K2
> folks and it wasn't pretty. That poor K2 was howling like a banshee, and
Ken
> was about 30 feet away causing it. I did see that Ken's 817 did not
exhibit
> any distortion when subjected to nearby RF while several of us were
> congregating there.
>
> Thus, it would appear to be an inherent K2 problem................