Quote---------------------- Not that I know what a Drake S line is but strange you could work VP6DX with it. From reading this list I have got the impression that to work VP6DX you indeed need a Elecraft K3 radio. -----------------------
Pardon me for the typo. It was, quite obviously, a Drake C line of 1979 vintage. An I worked them on CW using a Vibroplex-like Vizkey bug handmade by Tom, K4VIZ and modeled after a design produced by the late John Marachini Merrick, VE3AUB/VE3AWA. No paddle, no keyer, no DSP, no computer-controlled rig, no packet cluster, nothing besides a few vacuum tubes, a bug and a 1/4 vertical. And oh boy, how I liked that QSO! But anyway, after building a KX1 (worked all Europe while hiking, on AA batteries) and a K2 (worked all the continents with a string of wire up on a tree, on internal batteries) I decided to sell my Icom 781; and my K3 is on his way right now. I still like the smell and warmth of my vacuum tubes (Real Radios Glow In The Dark!) but I'll like to finally own a rig, whose receiver will finally beat my vintage, perfectly calibrated R-390A (a late EAC production). And I don't care a dime for the "punch" of the speech processor; first of all, I work 99,9% on CW (when I want to go SSB I have to ask a friend to lend me a microphone, since I don't own any) and second because I don't want a Robocop voice; mine is already bad enough. Cheers, Paolo IK4YNG _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
