[Elecraft] TX5K - Managing with inexpensive hardware

[Stephen Roberts]

Good point Rick. I worked them on 20m at about 1400 UTC with my K2 at 80w into an OCF Dipole. He asked for my call about 8 times, but we finally connected.

73
Steve, W1SFR



On Mar 7, 2013, at 8:11 AM, Rick McClelland, AA5S wrote:

> Something that should be heartening for the less well-heeled amongst us (it
> certainly was to me), I was able to work TX5K on five bands with a Flex
> 1500, a very inexpensive second-hand RM Italy HLA-150v amplifier and a
> single wire antenna.  The beams and K3/KPA500 combos are nice to have for
> these types of events but aren't absolutely necessary.  Of course, one
> might suggest that all this success would have been quite impossible had I
> not employed an Elecraft KAT500 tuner to make things right with my signal
> :-)
> 
> Still chasing Jim, K9YC, for those little green boxes, though.  Apparently,
> he doesn't sleep much.
> 
> -- 
> Rick McClelland, AA5S
> Fort Collins, CO
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