[Elecraft] K2, why change?

[F5UL]

Hi Doug,

I justalso finished the CWWPX Contest. Asou said the condx where weird et in 
surplus I had almost 24 hours of thunderstorms...
Due to that conditions I lost a 2sc1969 in the PA and yesterday morning was 
passed to change the beast in order to continue!!!
But as you tell all, the K2 is marvelous in a contest. I used mine barefoot 
and in spite of all disturbance I did 178 with 82000 points. It's far from 
last year where I finish 3d place monoband 7 Mhz QRP but I will do better 
next year!!!
As you did, with mine, I used only 300 Hz filter, and only one antenna so I 
did not had the ATU use you had to do. I too did not use full QSK but a 0.2s 
delay.
But in all other respect it was more agreable to use than any other TRx I 
had in all my life (and it was long, I'm 73 old, and 54 ham!!!)
I ,wait for the K3. I will see next year if I can do something about that 
new beast!!!
In the mean time 73 and GL!
de F5UL Bob