[Elecraft] K2 - CQWW CW Contest

[OZ2BRN Brian Lodahl]

Stan,

I can tell you that I envy you quite a bit !

I was operating at OZ5E as M2 HP station with two Yaesu FT-1000 MP Mark 
Five's, with all of Inrad's complete inventory of filters added, stubs 
here, there and everywhere, and two Acom 1010's on the back punching out 
a full legal limit.

Even if we did very well and broke the Danish records (which we did) on 
CQWW CW points, I missed to try out the K2's receiver and sweet sound on 
CW, but most of all, I missed it's unparallel in-band blocking when the 
pile-ups were getting thick and the larger stations from eastern Europe 
was working as close as 300 Hz on my side most of the time - this really 
becomes difficult on the FT-1000, even with all the post-production 
filters one could possibly add. They have so much trouble coping with 
the large-signal conditions of our own harmonics in the shack from the 
other running station that they suffer from inter-modulation birdies, 
bleeps, and blops.

I am looking forward to the day where I can finally try out a pair of 
K2's or K3's in a M2 HP contesting setup on CQWW or similar 
high-activity CW contest. I get so exited wanting to test for real on 
real harsh conditions on an over-crowded 40m band how the crystal 
filters add to the joy of the Elecraft receiver.

73'
Brian OZ2BRN
K2 # 6936






Den 29-11-2010 21:36, stan levandowski skrev:
> My barefoot K2 at 5 watts and my 62' attic doublet with the SG-237
> autocoupler produced 43 countries, 25 states, and six Canadian provinces
> for me.  I operated on 80, 40, 20, and 15.
>
> The K2 performed flawlessly.
>
> Stan Levandowski WB2LQF
> HF QRP CW -- Doing more with less for over 50 years!
> QCWA #35038   OOTC #4558   NAQCC #4740   SKCC #6488   FISTS #14992
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