[Elecraft] They Laughed At My K1

[Jon Perelstein]

All the big radios laughed at my K1 when I set it up at the club Field Day site.

But they stopped laughing when it churned out QSO after QSO on 40 and 20 meters -- mainly because it has a better receiver for CW than ICOM 746 and 756 base stations.

And they especially stopped laughing when one of the generators died, knocking one of the big rigs off the air.  The K1 stepped in and ran for 12+ hours on batteries (overnight) and a solar cell (daylight).

Plus, just think of those multiplier points for QRP and for solar power.

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