[Elecraft] Notable SSB QSO (HD8R)

[Ted Edwards W3TB]

With I could go back to Galapagos again!

On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 06:20 Wes <wes_n7ws at triconet.org> wrote:

> I own an upgraded K3, a K3S, a KPOD, a KPA500 and a KAT500.  I used the
> latter
> two with a brand K transceiver and very modest antennas to work them (so
> far) on
> 25 of the 29 slots they operated on.
>
> In my book six-meters doesn't count and they only made a handful of
> 60-meter CW
> and SSB Qs so that doesn't either.  They operated briefly on 20-meter RTTY
> while
> I wasn't home :-(
>
> My only nod to QRP is that the whole station runs on one 20A 120VAC
> circuit.
>
> Wes  N7WS
>
> On 11/3/2021 9:07 PM, Tim Tucker wrote:
> > 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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-- 
73 de Ted Edwards, W3TB and GØPWW

and thinking about operating CW:
"Do today what others won't,
so you can do tomorrow what others can't."