[Elecraft] Great Little Radio

[Dave]

John

You really should try a bigger antenna when portable... fibreglass fishing
poles are hard to beat and cheap. I've worked all over the world without
great difficulty when using either a 23' or 32' fishing pole supporting a
light weight doublet (with 300 Ohm ribbon cable), or a full sized ground
plane. Beware of the tuning limitations of the K1/KAT1 when using a doublet,
but for starters a 66' doublet with 32' of 300 Ohm ribbon tunes on on a KAT1
on 40/30/20/15 (the bands in my K1/4). The doublet is very quick to deploy,
something like a ground plane takes a few more minutes.

73 Dave, G4AON
k1 #1154, K2 #1892

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John" <jsfpa@netscape.net>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 4:28 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Great Little Radio


> I built the K1 (#00913) in 2001. I had so much fun building it that I
> ordered the K2 and never really used the K1. I've been on vacation this
> week so I've been taking the K1 with a battery out to a State Park near
> my home (Ridley Creek State Park) and have been really enjoying it. It
> is really a great little radio. I use it with the MP-1 ant mounted to a
> metal barbecue mounted in the ground. I just wish I worked as well as
> the radio. I've been a ham for about 14 years and have never been good
> at CW but I'm determined to get up to speed and learn to relax when in a
> QSO. It is amazing what can be done with 5 watts and a  sub optimal ant.
>
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