[Elecraft] Dayton purchase - KX1 or K2?

[John W2XS]

They are both really FB rigs, but the K2 is the best overall QRP radio out
there IMHO.  Our local QRP club has outings at the state park, and it is so
nice to have access to all bands.  I like to start at 10m and work my way
down until I find activity.  17m has turned into one of my favorite bands,
and there has been some activity on 12m. With the built-in tuner and
battery, all that is needed externally is the paddle and an antenna. The KX1
is small, but the K2 is small enough to be easy to carry for portable use. I
use an old padded camcorder case which contains enough room for the K2, the
Paddlette PK1 paddle (and a spare), a balun, some tools, adaptors, a
notebook for logging, and a small power supply when AC is available. 
Another bag is used for the antenna stuff.

Besides the state park, I operate the K2 from a weekend retreat house on AC
power and that has worked out FB too. 10W has proven to be enough power for
enjoyable world-wide QSOs on 40m through 10m with a 40m inverted V fed with
twinlead.

73,

John W2XS

KX1 (S/N 015) w/KXPD1, KXAT1, KXB30 (The one in the QST review)
K2 (S/N 1116) w/KAT2, KSB2, K160RX, KIO2, KBT2, KNB2, KAF2, FDIMP (Built by
Sherwood Eng)
Drake T4X (S/N 11161) (Just a coincidence)
K3/100 (S/N 919) w/KAT3, KBPF3, KUSB, KFL3A-200, 500, 2.7k, AM, FM, KRX3,
KXV3
HexKey (S/N 113)
DL1, BL1, BL2, N-gen, XG1, W1, BNC-MM

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