Re: [Elecraft] Another Glowing Review of the K2
Hi Henry, On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 K4TMC wrote: Just received the latest issue (9-10/2004) of NCJ (National Contest Journal) with the feature article: Use of Comparative Analysis to Estimate the DX Prowess of HF Receivers, by SP7HT. Again, the only real competition are radios that cost many times more than the K2 - Orion and IC7800. This is an 8-page article with a 2.5 page spreadsheet chart comparing over 25 HF rig receivers with pertient data from the ARRL test reports. There is good discussion of why the data is important and direct comparison between the different numbers from rig to rig. This is surely worthy of posting on the Elecraft web page when it becomes available. Well I finally got my copy today almost 1 week later even though we live in the same state! In his review, SP7HT used 5 kHz data for BDR and IMD, believing that ARRL's 1 kHz data on their swept graphs was invalid. In fact, it IS valid (I confirmed this with KC1SX today) and the results would be quite different had he used the 1 kHz data. 73, Bill W4ZV (K2 #4119) ___ 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] Another Glowing Review of the K2
Steve and All, A lot of contesters use software to control both VFOs and concurrently do a lot of other things too, so a second knob is not really necessary. In fact, the existing knob is not used either while under software control. Writelog and N1MM Logger are two such programs, although I have not used Writelog with the K2. I have used N1MM Logger and CAT control of one K2 using SO2V (single operator 2 VFOs) and or 2 K2s using SO2R (single operator 2 receivers) with both of my K2s. Works very well. This puts the K2 clearly in the class with the Orion and 1000D, and you can buy two for less than the price of either one. Don't misunderstand, you don't need two K2 any more than you need two Orions, or two 1000Ds to operate the transceivers two VFOs. You can download a copy of N1MM Logger by doing a search of the Internet for N1MM. It is freeware. 73, Chas, W1CG At 10:52 PM 8/24/2004, Steve Lawrence wrote: On Aug 24, 2004, at 4:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just received the latest issue (9-10/2004) of NCJ (National Contest Journal) with the feature article: Use of Comparative Analysis to Estimate the DX Prowess of HF Receivers, by SP7HT. Again, the only real competition are radios that cost many times more than the K2 - Orion and IC7800. And when the K2 evolves to a two knob true dual VFO/receive radio it will rise to yet another notch. 73, Steve WB6RSE ___ 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 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] Another Glowing Review of the K2
On Aug 24, 2004, at 4:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just received the latest issue (9-10/2004) of NCJ (National Contest Journal) with the feature article: Use of Comparative Analysis to Estimate the DX Prowess of HF Receivers, by SP7HT. Again, the only real competition are radios that cost many times more than the K2 - Orion and IC7800. And when the K2 evolves to a two knob true dual VFO/receive radio it will rise to yet another notch. 73, Steve WB6RSE ___ 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
