[Elecraft] K1: K1 in the Wild - SOTA Expedition

[John K3TN]

We got together and bought Carl WA3SEE a K1 kit as a retirement present. He
spent the rainy/windy days caused by Hurricane Irene building it, with a few
missing capacitors and a bad xtal slowing him down a bit. But it worked fine
on the bench.

Yesterday, Carl and I hike the Appalachian Trail in MD with the K1 and
operated from Lamb's Knoll, an official "summit" as defined by the 
http://www.sota.org.uk/ Summit on the Air  folks. A blog post with more
detail can be found 
http://security.typepad.com/internet_security_be_care/2011/09/biking-carrolls-hills-summitting-on-the-air-from-the-knoll-of-a-lamb.html
here .

As a satisfied K3 user, I was really impressed with the K1. Compared to past
QRP rigs, the receiver was just soooo quiet and sharp.

73, John K3TN

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