RE: [Elecraft] K2: Vivat Rex
I hope the ON at the other end was using an Elecraft radio too - he was the one doing the work! 73 GM4AFF -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of WA6L Sent: 27 November 2008 16:00 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K2: Vivat Rex After months of using my K3, I am spending time again with my K2. It is set up as a QRP model, and I recently upgraded it with the DSP option. I had forgotten what a pleasure it is to use the K2. I know that the specs are not as good as its K3 big brother, but the receiver is still a thing of beauty. This morning I worked Belgium (from San Diego) with 5 watts. The op on the other end was surprised to hear California, much less a QRP station. There is definitely some mojo going on there. So I don't know if I have a point, other than to remind myself and others that the K2 is still a top-notch rig and I am glad I still have it. 73 and Happy Thanksgiving to all! John, WA6L -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K2%3A--Vivat-Rex-tp1585677p1585677.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 270.9.10/1810 - Release Date: 11/24/2008 2:36 PM ___ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K2: Vivat Rex
I often hear that old saw when people discuss QRP. However, I am not sure it is true or particularly meaningful. He gave me a 559 report before he knew I was a QRP station. If you do the math, you will realize that if I was a 5 on his S-meter, 100 watts would give him a 7 on his S-meter. It is hardly a lot of work to hear a signal that is 2 S-units down. QRP on CW is not much of a handicap, and it usually does not take any extraordinary skill to copy it. Additionally, I have had many, many contacts with other QRP stations. This has been in contests sponsored by the NAQCC, ARCI, and other QRP organizations. Who is doing all the work when two QRP stations contact each other over a long distance? I have had some QRP contacts where the other station has shown incredible patience and skill in pulling my signal out of the mud, and I am very grateful for those excellent operators. However, that is not the norm. 73, John, WA6L On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 3:03 PM, Stewart GM4AFF (via Nabble) [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hope the ON at the other end was using an Elecraft radio too - he was the one doing the work! 73 GM4AFF -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://n2.nabble.com/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=nodenode=1590811i=0 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://n2.nabble.com/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=nodenode=1590811i=1]On Behalf Of WA6L Sent: 27 November 2008 16:00 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://n2.nabble.com/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=nodenode=1590811i=2 Subject: [Elecraft] K2: Vivat Rex After months of using my K3, I am spending time again with my K2. It is set up as a QRP model, and I recently upgraded it with the DSP option. I had forgotten what a pleasure it is to use the K2. I know that the specs are not as good as its K3 big brother, but the receiver is still a thing of beauty. This morning I worked Belgium (from San Diego) with 5 watts. The op on the other end was surprised to hear California, much less a QRP station. There is definitely some mojo going on there. So I don't know if I have a point, other than to remind myself and others that the K2 is still a top-notch rig and I am glad I still have it. 73 and Happy Thanksgiving to all! John, WA6L -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K2%3A--Vivat-Rex-tp1585677p1585677.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://n2.nabble.com/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=nodenode=1590811i=3 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 270.9.10/1810 - Release Date: 11/24/2008 2:36 PM ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://n2.nabble.com/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=nodenode=1590811i=4 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 -- This email is a reply to your post @ http://n2.nabble.com/K2%3A--Vivat-Rex-tp1585677p1590811.html You can reply by email or by visting the link above. -- Mae West - I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K2%3A--Vivat-Rex-tp1585677p1591348.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ 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
RE: [Elecraft] K2: Vivat Rex
John, WA6L, wrote: ... I have had many, many contacts with other QRP stations. This has been in contests sponsored by the NAQCC, ARCI, and other QRP organizations. Who is doing all the work when two QRP stations contact each other over a long distance? I have had some QRP contacts where the other station has shown incredible patience and skill in pulling my signal out of the mud, and I am very grateful for those excellent operators. However, that is not the norm. I've had some occasions when the other signal showed true skill in pulling a very miniscule signal from me out of the mud, much to my surprise, when I was running several hundred watts into a gain antenna! QRP produces weak signals more often than QRO given similar antennas. What's interesting about it is how often a QRP power levels produce very nice armchair copy signals over huge distances. Frankly, I find one of the biggest uses for higher power is to avoid some fellow with a deaf receiver from jumping on my frequency in the middle of a QSO. It would be genuinely interesting to have some Ham band slices where the maximum power allowed at any time was 5 watts (or how about 1 watt?), even during contests. ...jus' dreaming here. For those unfamiliar with QRP DX, the NCDXF/IARU beacons* on 14, 18, 21, 24 and 28 MHz can be a real eye-opener. Often they are solid copy all the way down to 100 milliwatts half way around the world. Ron AC7AC * http://www.ncdxf.org/Beacon/BeaconSchedule.html ___ 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
[Elecraft] K2: Vivat Rex
After months of using my K3, I am spending time again with my K2. It is set up as a QRP model, and I recently upgraded it with the DSP option. I had forgotten what a pleasure it is to use the K2. I know that the specs are not as good as its K3 big brother, but the receiver is still a thing of beauty. This morning I worked Belgium (from San Diego) with 5 watts. The op on the other end was surprised to hear California, much less a QRP station. There is definitely some mojo going on there. So I don't know if I have a point, other than to remind myself and others that the K2 is still a top-notch rig and I am glad I still have it. 73 and Happy Thanksgiving to all! John, WA6L -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K2%3A--Vivat-Rex-tp1585677p1585677.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ 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
