[Elecraft] K2 and SSB

[Curt Milton]

Gary

the K2 works nifty on SSB, either as a 15 or 100 watt
radio.  even with only a vertical I would not hesitate
to call someone DX on 20m.  of course its easier when
sunspots are higher!  i have made many contest QSO's
running SSB QRP.  and this is a great rig for running
PSK31.  so if you have the board go ahead and install
it!  

count the dB's carefully and convert them to the
number of S-units.  i am not saying don't QRO, as when
i discovered working DX on 80m CW is interesting I
added 100w to my K2.  i won't debate the K2 vs. K3
trade!  converted to $ per dB of performance, i am not
sure where this will fall.  

73, curt

--- Gary D Krause <n7hts at bresnan.net> wrote:

> I was just wondering how many here use SSB with
> their 15 watt K2?  Does it 
> meet your expectations?
> 
> The reason I am asking is because, I have the SSB
> board ready to install.  I 
> have been using the basic K2 the last few days in CW
> mode and I really like it 
> since I work mostly CW.  I have a Kenwood TS-530SP
> that works great on SSB so, 
> I'm trying to decide if it's really worth installing
> the SSB option.  So, I'm 
> trying to gather as many opinions as possible so
> that I can sit and torture 
> myself further. :-)  I did own an Argonaut V for
> about eight months.  It would 
> put out about 20 watts which made SSB a bit more of
> a challenge.  Since I have 
> the Kenwood that will put out 170 watts, believe it
> or not, I'm thinking that 
> I would probably not use the SSB option unless it's
> for QRP SSB.
> 
> Your opinions are welcome.  I should mention that
> I'm not planning to add the 
> 100 watt amp to the K2.  If I'm going to do that,
> I'll just buy a K3!  I also 
> work a lot of QRP CW.
> 
> Thanks,
> Gary, N7HTS
> 
> 
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