[Elecraft] They Laughed At My K1

[Joseph M. Durnal]

FB - I haven't finished my K1 yet.  Maybe I'll bring it next year.

On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 3:46 PM, Jon Perelstein <jperelst at yahoo.com> wrote:
> All the big radios laughed at my K1 when I set it up at the club Field Day site.
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> 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.
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> 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).
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> Plus, just think of those multiplier points for QRP and for solar power.
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> KB1QBZ
> K1 #2552
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