[Elecraft] K-1 4-band Availability/Status?

[Phil Hystad]

>  but how many rigs can a body use?

More than Two.  Two is justified -- one as primary rig, second as backup.  But, having a third means you are serious.  Therefore, more than Two.  Note: no upper bound.

My Norcal 40A is no match for my KX3 but I still put it on the air a couple of times a year.  When I operate portable QRP somewhere, I take my KX3, my KX1, and my Norcal 40A and many times I have enough time to use them all for at least one QSO.  Just now waiting for the warmer Northwest weather although today was not bad at 64 degrees.

73, phil, K7PEH





> On Mar 7, 2015, at 5:47 PM, Phil Wheeler <w7ox at socal.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> Wes,
> 
> While I think the K1 (4-band especially!) is a fine rig, it's luster for me was dulled a bit when I was able to make a KX3 my primary QRP rig. Pluses include:
> 
> * Way more than four bands
> * All modes on the bands in does cover, even
>   digital as an option
> * Superior receiver
> * Panadapter available
> * And others too numerous to mention here
> 
> all in a package that is not really all that much bigger than the K1.
> 
> Two definite pluses of the K1: I enjoyed building it more (a melt-solder kit) and it has a bigger speaker.
> 
> After considerable thought, I recently sold my fully-configured and updated K1 #18. I sort of miss it, but how many rigs can a body use?
> 
> 73, Phil W7OX
> 
> 
> On 3/7/15 5:24 PM, Wes (N7WS) wrote:
>> Come on, we're hams, we're supposed to jump at these opportunities.
>> 
>> On 3/6/2015 11:34 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> The KFL1-4 module needs trimmers that are both wide range and extremely temperature stable, due to the high loaded Q of the band-pass filters. To emulate this stable capacitance with trimmers now available, you'd have to use a hand-selected C0G cap in parallel with a much smaller trimmer for each of the original 16 trimmers. This would be extremely tedious for builders. So, while it is possible, it is not practical.
>>> 
>>> Wayne
>>> N6KR
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
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