[Elecraft] New K1 Born Yesterday

[Sandy W5TVW]

I did that also.  Old trick to retain spacers.  Still, I like 80 meters a 
lot and when the 160/80 2 band board is used, the tuner is virtually useless 
unless you just want a more accurate indication of output watts.  The T1 
tuner has a couple more "elements" and should cover a much wider range, 
especially on the two lowest bands.
When I built my K1, the T1 wasn't available and I opted for the KAT1.  It 
does a dynamite job in the field with temporary antennas on 40-15 meters. 
Wish it had the same matching range as the T1.  (But then, who works 160 and 
80 QRP except us 'hard core' QRPers?)

73,
Sandy W5TVW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave G4AON" <elecraft at astromag.co.uk>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] New K1 Born Yesterday


> Sandy W5TVW wrote:
>
> "I'd opt for the little external tuner (T1?) instead of the internal 
> tuner. It would make changing the band boards simplier and easier"
>
> I did the simple "mod" of threading an elastic band through the KAT1 
> spacers to retain them on the bolts (cut the ends short to avoid it 
> sticking out of the ends and acting as an insulator), it works superbly 
> and makes changing the band boards an easy task.
>
> 73 Dave, G4AON
> K1 #1154
>
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