[Elecraft] SOTA W6/SN-046

[Fred Jensen]

With all the posts about what doesn't work, or doesn't seem to work, I 
thought I'd make a short post on what did work.  I took my K2, a 
Chinese-made Li-Ion battery, my W1, Buddipole, and assorted accessories 
to Little Bald Mt [SOTA W6/SN-046] in N. Cal today.  There is a fire 
lookout there, the fire guys were there closing it for the winter, there 
was exactly no haze, and from 7,100 ft, I could see all the way to the 
farthest station I worked w/5W [Poland], temps were in the mid 60's, 
very light winds, and my Elecraft stuff worked perfectly.

I'm not sure about this battery, bought it on eBay with Mike, KD9KC in 
El Paso, they came without instructions and I had to take mine to our 
local Chinese restaurant to have the stuff on the label decoded ... I'm 
probably the first who has done that to them and it wasn't helpful.  The 
terminal voltage as reported on the K2 display drops fairly steadily, 
after 2.5 hours of operation it had gone from 12.3 to 11.3, however the 
K2 just doesn't seem to care.  I'm thinking that my K2 operates at near 
low voltage cutoff no matter what I supply at the connector.

OK, I don't think I could see to Poland, but certainly to Nevada.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011
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