[Elecraft] K1 vs K2 opinions

[David Toepfer]

>  I think before we (I) can answer such a question, I would like to hear your
> answer to a couple of questions!
> 
> (1) Why do you want another radio if you already have the nice KX-1?
> (2) What are you going to do with the new radio?

I'm looking for a nice CW transciever to experiment on.  Since I have so much
respect for Elecraft and I can't really get a MP+ anymore, I figured I'd go it
on my own with a K1 or K2.  I am attracted more to a K1 because of it's
relative simplicity compared to the K2.  I know the K2 is top-rated all over,
but I feel that the K2 will be less useful as a learning/experimenter's
platform than the K1.  I know both involve the hidden aspect of u-controller
firmware, but I feel that it's use is more spare and more transparent in the
K1.

I would like to try and not just buy a radio that I will fiddle around with in
this manner described above, but one that would be worth using when I am done
when I put it together the right way and use in general and not all disected on
a breadboard.

David, K3TUE

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