[Elecraft] What Two Bands would you pick for a K1?

[Harry Yingst]

Thank you
I've built a K2 in the past so I figured a K1 would be a fun rig to build (for me much of the fun is in building).
 40 is typically good here but I also see less on 30. The bright side is that I can always buy another filter board.



-------- Original message --------
From: HankP <pfizenmayer at q.com> 
Date: 2017-01-25  10:31 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: Harry Yingst <hlyingst at yahoo.com> 
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] What Two Bands would you pick for a K1? 

p { margin: 0; }Thanks all who responded
It looks like I should listen fro a bit and see what bands I hear the most on

40 and 20 look to be in the lead



  Hi Harry - I had lost your original message - and I had a draft I was going to send to you - but couldnot find your original message . So here is a paste of  it  . FWIW- and I had concluded exactly your first line . 
The guy who just was talking about 80 and MUF has some thoughts 
dunno - here  in Phoenix - ther are quite a few W6 guys to chew the fat with 
inthe winter - but summers are  just no fun.. 

Guess I live in a 30 meter hole - Most times I  find nothing 
on 30 other than special event or DXpedition stations 
and the W0ERE 2 watt beacon . Once in a while a random rag chew .

Yes almost always some digital but we are talking CW I think . 

Then big pileups on a DX station and it all goes away when the DX quits .

Contrast that to 40 Cw and virtually always something to work. 

So I would suggest if you have a receiver - listen to 30 and 40 and 20 
at the times you will mostly operate and see whats best in your area. 

RE the 200 watts ????  On the P3 I have watched  guys turn
on their amps  - once I sent "turn off ur amp" and got a HI HI back .

Just saying ---

73 Hank K7HP