[Elecraft] K1 Fun in ARRL DX test...

[Tom Althoff]

I played around during the last hour of the ARRL DX contest over the weekend.   After a few Q's with my K2/100 I switched over to the K1.   Bam!  Bam!  I was raising EU's with one call using 5W to a rotary trap dipole at 35 ft.   Worked 28 countries on 40/20/15 in 35 mins.   It was like riding on Space Mountain for the first time!

It dawned on me.   There has always been a discussion of K1 vs K2 (apples and oranges in favor of the k2 of course) but I had the overwhelming feeling that if I could forgo the internal battery and noiseblanker in exchange for a 160-10M K1 that it could be my ONLY radio.   It was that much fun!

So after the 800W and 1500W amps...somewhere down the road I would love to buy and build a 160-10M K1-9 that did not require module changes.  

Did I say a K1-9?  Maybe it should simply be called the K9? <Ruff!  Ruff!>

Or the Elecraft Pup?

Tom K2TA