[Elecraft] KX-2 ATU not working

2020-04-19 Thread Peter West
I can hear the ATU in my KX-2 running when the ATU button is pushed but it is not changing the SWR. An Elecraft T1 works and lowers the SWR. Any thoughts or is this a mail-in repair solution? 73 - Peter - VE3HG __ Elecraft mailing list

[Elecraft] QRP FD KX2 Batteries and FT8 Report - reply

2019-06-26 Thread Peter West
Thanks to all who took the time to suggested a different category for me on FD but I was 1B - battery operating in my backyard with the KX-2 running 5 watts and not using my regular station in the basement. The antenna for the day (end-fed 40-20-10) was set up on the Saturday and the only AC

[Elecraft] QRP FD KX2 Batteries & FT8 Report

2019-06-25 Thread Peter West
When our club’s plans for FD fell through at the last minute I set up 1B with my trusty KX-2 with a Bioenno battery and two internal KX2 battery pacs on my back porch. Got a Par 40-20-10 end-fed up about 40’ in a north-south orientation only to find band conditions here were pretty bad here in

[Elecraft] Loops

2019-06-04 Thread Peter West
I ran an AlexLoop with my KX-2 from the “no antennas” balcony of a fourth-floor apartment for a year while we rebuilt the house and my contest station. Loops will work in places where wire antennas are banned or won’t work at all due to local noise (like an apartment balcony). Members of our

[Elecraft] AX-1

2019-05-29 Thread Peter West
So far longest DX on AX-1 was AM70R with KX-2 CW on 20 meters from my back porch (west of Toronto) last week. 73 Peter - VE3HG __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: