[Elecraft] Notable SSB QSO (HD8R)

[Tim Tucker]

While I own both the KX2 and KX3, when I was trying to work HD8R on 40m
with an Inverted V in the early evening here in SoCal on FT8, there was a
HUUUUGE pileup.  In my case, the K3 (upgraded to K3S) with the KPA1500 was
the trick.  It took me an hour and a KW, but I finally got through.   So I
guess the story here is that, depending your circumstances, Elecraft has
the tools to get the job done :)

On Wed, Nov 3, 2021 at 5:42 PM Bill Lederer <w8lvn.9 at gmail.com> wrote:

> By far it is the most fun per watt of any radio that I have ever owned.
>
> I worked HD8R on 15 with 10 watts to a random wire.
>
> w8vln
>
> On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 6:08 PM Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
>
> > I took advantage of the excellent conditions today to work a little DX
> > with the KX2. I was running 10 watts on 17 meters to a 20 meter vertical.
> >
> > There was HD8M (Galapagos), loud and clear, calling CQ "up 5" on 18.145.
> >
> > When I broke the pileup on the third call, I reflected on how many of the
> > KX2's features came into play to make this happen:
> >
> >   - ATU easily matched my 20 meter vertical on 17 meters (1.0:1)
> >
> >   - internal battery allowed transmit at a full 10 watts
> >
> >   - speech compression made it sound more like 20 or 30 watts :)
> >
> >   - used the KX2's stereo audio/dual-receive function to listen on both
> >     18.145 (RX) and 18.150 (TX) at the same time; transmitting SPLIT
> >
> >   - annoying S8 noise pulses were vanquished by the NB
> >
> >   - carriers from the inconsiderate were dealt with by auto-notch
> >
> >   - used one of the rig's two DVR messages to do the calling
> >
> > That's a lot of fully integrated fun in a radio that weighs less than one
> > pound and draws only about 170 mA in receive mode. And a great excuse to
> > get outdoors.
> >
> > Details on the KX2 can be found here:
> >
> >
> >
> https://elecraft.com/collections/kx-line/products/kx2-ssb-cw-data-80-10-m-transceiver
> >
> > 73,
> > Wayne
> > N6KR
> >
> >
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