[Elecraft] K1 praise

[Mike Morrow]

My eleven-year-old K1 SN 175 is still my favorite QRP rig,
including service as a backpack rig.

For anyone considering the purchase of a new K1, there is one
absolutely most-important decision to make:  Order the LCD
backlight!  Even better would be for Elecraft to raise the K1
price a little and make the backlight standard.  Trust me...
you don't want to have to go through the backlight backfit
process after the K1 is built...no fun at all!

I waited years after the backlight was available, and I never
guessed how useful it is and how little additional power it
requires.

Second most important decision:  Get the four-band board.  It
has better RF filtering than the two-band board, plus twice
the bands, of course.

I hope to have a KX3 someday, but nothing would ever make me
get rid of my K1 except the eternal dirt nap. :-) [That would
make a great advertising quote from a "satisfied customer".]

Mike / KK5F