[Elecraft] tuning range 80 khz or 150 khz?

[Brett Howard]

Mine is setup for the wider range and I greatly appreciate the tuning
speed.  It allows for quickish QSY as well as fine tuning.  Granted I'm
a knob turner at work often too and I've got steady hands so I'm a bit
used to it...  But there are some old guys who love to get a chance to
play with the K1 every year at FD and they too find the rig just fine in
the higher bandwidth setting.  

Funny story about the K1 was that there was a guy who made a contact
with the east coast during field day as we were still getting ready.  He
made this contact while telling me that life was too short for QRP.  But
then he broke a small pile up with QRP.  Next he poked his head out of
the tent and saw that 80% of the antenna was laying on the ground and
they'd only partially gotten one end up in a tree at all.  He now has
the attitude that QRP is fine as long as you approach it with the
attitude that you're a big gun.  Get your timing right and it can result
in a lot of Q's!  So anyway this guy now makes an attempt (jokingly of
course) to try and steal the K1 every year.  Set him off with the K1 and
a battery and he's a happy guy.  

Good luck with your K1.  Its been a fun one for me!

~Brett

On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 06:35 -0700, ki4bbl wrote:
> I now get to choose my tuning range.  I am a 15-18 wpm op that has a General
> license...studying for Extra.  What are your opinions about the different
> tuning ranges?
> 
> Thanks,
> Greg
> ki4bbl