6 Meters?
I have 2 K2s one 10W unit and 1 100W unit.
Both are pretty well loaded up.
I just bought a 6 and 2 meter Elecraft transverter
used. Got them on the bench yesterday and finally
working after I corrected a problem I made.
Anyway I have used a lot of radios on 6, 2 and
beyond for a long time. Also a lot of good IF radios
with good transverters.
The XV50 and XV144 are about as good as I have
seen or used. Yesterday I measured the RX sensitivity
on an IFR1200 super S at .1 microvolt and well less
than that for a usable signal on CW. That is about
-130db. I think I will enjoy using these Elecraft Tvrtrs.
They both did rated output easily and can drive external
amplifiers.
Please do not take my RX measurements as gospel
but I am pretty sure they are very close to what I found
with this service monitor. Obviously your mileage may
vary.
So my 756PROIII and 746PRO may not see much 6 or
2 meter use in the future. With the 100W K2 driving the
PW1 they may not see much use at all..................73
Mike Sanders
KOAZ
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From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Jason Hissong
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 8:39 AM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Happy But Very Sad
Sell the 950 and use the proceeds to get all the additional options
for your K2 (or maybe a nice chunk of change to save for a K3).
Just don't expect to sell it to many on this list.. :-)
I am building my third K2 (I sold the previous ones to pay for other
things, not because of the radio) and will be eventually putting all
the extras in it. It will become my main station rig. My 756 will
then be used for 6 meters or eventually sold.
Someday a K3 will find its way into my shack but until then, the K2
will fill my needs just fine.
Congrats on your K2.
73,
Jason N8XE
On 6/21/12, Mike Bellow <w2t...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All
> I recently picked up a used K2 locally here that was out of
> alignment,had to wait for freq probe that I ordered from Elecraft which
> arrived very fast,after doing a alignment on the radio,and After I set
> it up,I was very happy to see it works very well.This is my first
> Elecraft radio and this one is a #01014 serial number one of the early
> ones I guess.Now the Sad Part......Today I was listening on 14060 as
> usual for qrp stations and heard a very very faint station calling CQ
> Qrp,if I were to tag a rst report on this one I would say 119 no s meter
> reading at all but I could copy it fine.For comparison I hooked my Brand
> New "2 months old" Yaesu Ft-950 and guess what??????? Could not hear
> anything there but Static........no signal at all.............$1400.00
> for this radio........Now I'm Happy but very sad.....
>
>
> W2TI/QRP
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