[Elecraft] Re: K2 full-time portable?

[Mike McCoy]

And throw a small solar panel into the battery powered K2 mix and you're
totally 100% self-sufficient (my 'shack in a sack' as I like to call it).

73,
Mike K5PU

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne Burdick" <n6kr@elecraft.com>
To: "John Pfeifer" <john@johnpfeifer.com>
Cc: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 12:14 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Re: K2 full-time portable?


> John,
>
> I've used my personal K2 (serial number 00001) for dozens of field outings
over
> the past 3 years. That's what we designed it for. Don't let the
high-performance
> receiver fool you  ;)
>
> The textured powder coat finish can handle a lot of abuse. If you do
scratch up
> a side panel or cover, you could either consider it a badge of honor or
order an
> inexpensive replacement. This is one advantage of the modular chassis
design.
>
> There are smaller all-band HF rigs out there for portable use, but the K2
is
> unique in that it has both a built-in battery and a built-in auto-tuner.
With
> both installed, it still weighs only 5 pounds. It also has much lower
> receive-mode current drain, resulting in some 6 hours or more of casual
> operation at 10 W PEP. (When using a battery, you can operate down to
under 10 V
> with no loss of signal integrity. I recently posted more details on this.)
>
> I may be biased. Hopefully you'll get more responses!
>
> 73,
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
> John Pfeifer wrote:
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I've been reading this list for almost a year now, and am
> > getting serious about ordering a K2...
> >
> > Here's my question:  My ocean-side QTH is plagued with a high
> > electrical noise level (S7-S9), originating somewhere outside
> > my house.  I don't have much hope of tracking it down and
> > fixing it. (Our electrical company has huge problems with
> > arcing insulators because of salt-spray.)
> >
> > As a result, I'm considering a 100% portable/pedestrian
> > mobile operation using a K2.
> >
> > How will the K2 hold up to such punishment?  Once I've poured
> > my and heart & soul into building a K2, will I be able to
> > take my precious rig out into the field, where it will be
> > scratched and knocked around on a regular basis?
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