[Elecraft] K2 vs K1 for strong station resistance?

[Peter Wollan]

This Field Day, I set up my K1 to get the solar-power bonus for our club
(W0MXW), and tried it on several bands.  Had fairly minimal success in
getting heard, probably because of the antenna, but I was surprised at
how seriously it was affected by the nearby QRO stations.  If any of the
other stations (kilowatt or 100-watt) was transmitting on the same band,
even way at the other end, the K1's receive was muted and distorted, to
the point of making copy difficult.  The various antennas were not
oriented to reduce interference -- I'm sure that would have been
helpful.

My questions:  Is this just a fact of life for radios, that you can only
have one radio per band at a FD setup (if it's QRO)?  Is it a limitation
of the K1, or maybe my K1?  And, is the K2 enough better in this respect
that it could reasonably be expected to be used on, say, 20m CW while a
nearby kilowatt station is on 20m SSB?

	Peter Wollan, N8MHD