[Elecraft] 817 audio better than K2?

[Tim, N9PUZ]

On Sun, 28 Jul 2002 04:46:25 -0700, Tim and Nancy Logan wrote:

>This weekend at Arizona's Ft. Tuthill Hamfest I had my K2=
 sitting
>side by side with W0PZD's Yaesu 817. The K2 was connected to an=
 MP-1
>and the 817 was connected to a 40M Ham stick on W0PZD's truck.
>Interestingly enough, when we switched the K2 to the Ham stick,=
 the
>signal strength dropped noticebly....a plus for the minuscule=
 MP-1.

How did the signal strengths compare between the K2 and the=
 FT-817 on 
the same antenna?

>(BTW voltage indicator stated 11.8 volts). Is the 817's audio
>amplification just plain stronger or is this an indication that=
 my
>K2's audio needs tweaking (and how would I do it?).

As long as you could get your audio "loud enough" without running=
 the 
gain at full I'd think they were just different, not one better=
 than 
another.

Tim  N9PUZ (FT-817 owner and future K1/K2 builder.)