[Elecraft] [K1] K1 SN 3142 is alive!

[Mike Morrow]

Bob/KD2UJ wrote"

> ...my K1 is complete and working on 40 and 20 meters.

It's a great radio.  I built K1 s/n 175 12 years ago and it remains my
favorite QRP rig.

I hope you installed the LCD back light option.   That is so useful that
no K1 should be sold without it.  It can be a real pain to back fit
later into a K1 that has already been built.

No K1 should be sold with a two-band filter board either.  The four-band
board offers, of course, twice the bands.  Almost as importantly, it has much
sharper filtering for performance that is superior to the two-band model.

A four-band board with 15 meters is ideal for the next few years of the
solar activity cycle...that's the best QRP band when open.

> The K1 is everything I hoped it would be and more.

Unfortunately, it is a "mature" product for which it is unlikely that new
accessories will ever be introduced...such as high-band four-band filter
board for 17/15/12/10m, which would be ideal at this point in solar cycle 24.

Mike / KK5F