[Elecraft] WTB tilt stand--K1 (accessories and correction)

[Sandy]

I second this "motion"!  Only thing I had for my K1 I DIDN'T LIKE was the internal battery
option.  Batteries are a pain to change.  No quick disconnect to reinstall old
cover, and the smaller loudspeaker "sucks" (at least to my poor ears!)
The money better spent on the tilt stand, which is REAL handy in the field in the grass!
I didn't opt for the noise blanker.  Since most of my operation away from my rural
location (no ignition noise here!) is in the field somewhere (no ignition noise there either)
I figured: what's the point?
Best "portable battery yet is the gel cell "Vector" pack for $15 from Sportsman's Guide.

73rds,
Sandy W5TVW
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Morrow" <kk5f at earthlink.net>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] WTB tilt stand--K1 (accessories and correction)


| I wrote:
| 
| >The KTS1 and the KNB1 are two K1 accessories that have fallen
| >out of use here.
| 
| 
| Whoops!  I meant KBT1 internal battery, not KNB1 noise blanker.  Although
| the KNB1 doesn't do much for the noise I've encountered, there's no point to
| pulling it out of the K1.
| 
| The KBT1 would be much more useful if it were easily installed/removed
| through the use of a polarized two-pin connector mounted *on* the RF board,
| instead of the soldered wire connections in the current design or the
| floating connectors that some have installed.  I definitely don't want the
| KBT1 residing permanently in my K1, but it would be handy to have every once
| in a while.
| 
| For my purposes, the most useful accessoies to a four-band K1 are in order:
| KAT1 antenna tuner (a MUST HAVE item)
| KFL1-2 two-band board for the remaining two official K1 HF bands
| KNB1 noise blanker (distant third)
| KTS1 stand (distant fourth)
| KBT1 internal battery (distant fifth, because it lacks quick connect
| capability).
| 
| If I had only a two-band K1, the first priority would be to get a four-band
| KFL1-4.
| 
| 73,
| Mike / KK5F
| 
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