[Elecraft] T33C DX-pedition: comments from a member

[Frank DL4KQ]

> A few weeks ago I talked to Denny, W7SNH who mentioned he had worked
> one of the T33C operators near the end of the DXpedition and discussed
> the SSB quality with him.  As I recall, he was able to pin down the
> problem to the known sensitivity to the magnetic field of a nearby
> linear power supply (apparently the T33C team was unaware of this).  A
> rearrangement of the equipment improved the audio, but that was after
> most of their SSB QSOs had taken place.

I believe that this has been the reason. In some cases the ps, and there
has been
some heavy standard ones, had been placed very near to some radios and
w/o
comments the op�s may have thought that all is fine.
Don`t forget that about 10 members never has been working with a K2
before and
hasn`t been aware of such a possible problem (which some other brands
have too).

By the way, because of the little problem Greg mentioned (damage during
transit),
we did not use the K2�s on digi mode. It has been necessary to replace
these K2`s
with those which has been dedicated for the digimodes.
N6TQS our digi guru hasn�t been happy about now fighting with spare
radios of less quality, hi.

Otherwise I can confirm Greg�s statement. The K2`s worked very fine and
mostly
only one shift has been needed to convince members w/o any prior K2
experience.
For me it has been the second trip with K2�s under hot climates, rough
travel/handling
and big pile-ups. And they will be again my first choice on a new trip.

73
Frank DL4KQ, T33C, T30C, 3D2KQ ...