[Elecraft] Build options for K1-4????

[Cormac Thompson]

Steve, et.al.:

Took my recently completed K1 (#1476) out in the field for first time
Saturday.  I built mine with the 80 kc bandspread and 17 meters.  Added the
built in tuner after completing the rig.

Antenna:  40 feet of #18 insulated wire stretched from top of truck window
toward a tree branch about 12 feet off the ground with a 30 foot
counterpoise laying on the ground at 90 degrees to the wire.

Performance:  Tuner adjusted to 1.0 on all four bands with no further tuning
required moving around each band.

Results:  2 hours casual operation, 5 qso's ranging in reports from 449 to
579.  All mid day PST QSO's.
2 contacts on 20 meters, 2 on 40 meters  (including W7ZOI) and 1 with W6LFB
in Denton, TX on 17 meters and he was running 3 watts into a G5RV.  We were
both 449 because of QSB.

Conclusion:  I am impressed.  Contacts just about as easy as working from
home QTH.

Good luck & enjoy:

Mac, W7JHS
K1-4  #1476

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From: "Steve Kubisch - WW7Y" <ww7y@sisna.com>
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Subject: [Elecraft] Build options for K1-4????