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

["Hjalmar Duklæt"]

I built my K1 when it was still possible to get the 4-band module which for me, covers 40, 30, 20 & 15. As I would like to have 80m also to work my Norwegian hams, I built a 2-band board with 80 & 20. 20m is a band that's normally always open some part of the day and a band you can use for dx, even qrp. I would suggest 20m as one of the bands and 80, 40 or 30 for the other one. 40m is a very crowdy band which makes it difficult for qrp.

73 de Hal/LA4XX

On 17-01-25 21:10, Mike Morrow  <kk5f at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> > What Two Bands would you pick for a K1?
> > My first thoughts are 40 and 15,
> 
> There are only six bands that Elecraft supports with KFL1-2 band parts: 80m, 40m, 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m. Some have customized their own boards for other bands, notably 160m and 10m.
> 
> When I built a K1 in 2000, only two-band filter boardz were available. I built two filter boards, one for 40m/20m, and one for 30m/15m. I used those until the KFL1-4 four-band board for all four of those bands was available. I converted the 40m/20m KFL1-2 to 80m/17m.
> 
> Without any doubt or question, if I were limited to one two-band board, 40m/20m would easily be my choice even as we head further into a long (perhaps very long) period of minimal solar activity.
> 
> Mike / KK5F
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