[Elecraft] RSGB Field Day

[Ian J Maude]

Hi all,
Well we had a ball.  Didn't get across the pond unfortunately but we
managed Asiatic Russia!
A lot was learnt and the K2 was fantastic!  I have a small problem
occasionally with drop out on TX.  I key up and the K2 just seems to
drop out, sometimes resetting to the previous frequency if I have only
just moved (I am aware that the freq is only stored after a short
while).  This is a K2/100 with KAT100 below it.  I have a feeling it
might be RF related as if I turn the wick down, it is less prevalent.  I
intend to do the mic socket grounding mod and see if that fixes it. 
Otherwise it was impeccable and I am VERY impressed, as were the other
guys in the team.

Just a little notelet on something I personally learnt this weekend.  We
were using a 130ft top fed with 300 Ohm feeder and a 4:1 balun at the
tuner.  On 40m, we had a very poor audio, little more than a scratch
really.  This turned out to be RF and we changed to a 1:1 balun.  This
completely fixed the problem on all the bands we needed.  Isn't radio
great? ;-)

Ian
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Ian Maude G0VGS Morecambe Lancs UK | ian at gb7mbc.net
Sysop of GB7MBC, the Morecambe Bay Cluster
Running Linux and DXSpider | K2 #4044
 
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