I consider myself "average" in all respects, so I'll bet I'm not the only KX-1 owner who has fallen into the trap of underestimating the capabilities of this little jewel.
Until a couple nights ago, I used my KX-1 like my other QRP rigs, both commercial and homebrew. I kept my expectations rather "reasonable" (in other words, "low") and concentrated on working the louder signals on the bands. Did quite well, I might add... On Saturday, I heard a VERY weak "CQ", really down in the noise. The great filtering helped out a lot. I answered K3HX just for the heck of it and got a 559 report. I normally use my KX-1 at home, with a Jetstream power supply for 3+ watts out, and a 40 meter full-sized dipole. This was the case on Saturday night... or so I thought... Seems I forgot to turn on the power supply. A quick check with the inline wattmeter showed about 400 milliwatts going out. The six "AA" batteries were pretty well run down and had been in the rig since I built it. Just wanted to share this for the benefit of any other readers with the tendency to underestimate the KX-1. I bought a K2 at the same time I bought the KX1. I'm having so much fun with the KX1 that I haven't started building the K2 yet! It's like being a new ham again! Stan WB2LQF ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
