[Elecraft] K2 #6100 is alive!

[Greg Derda]

My XYL wasn't quite as excited about this as I had hoped, so I've got 
to tell someone .... ;-)

I wired my TenTec 701, and the mic header, last night, and made my 
first contacts with K2 #6100.  The first, from my QTH in North Georgia, 
was using 8w on 10m, to Pennsylvania - the band was up and down and we 
each exchanged only 5-3 reports.  The second was much more exciting, 
and marks (to me) the point at which I consider the radio "complete."  
I used 8w to break into a small DX pileup on 20m, and Carlos (I can't 
think of his call), in Costa Rica, gave me a 5-7 report, and 
voluntarily added that I had "great audio"!  My antenna was a 125' 
doublet at 50', fed with 600-ohm open feed and an MFJ-949E.

Although I plan to add a KPA100 and KDSP2 next, I have decided that I 
don't need to be in a hurry.  I am looking forward to learning what all 
I can do with this radio on low power, and the received signals are so 
strong that noise is not an issue at this time - What's amazing is that 
I find myself using the Attenuator regularly!!

Thanks to all for the great replies to my earlier newbie questions!!

73,
Greg
KI4MMM