[Elecraft] 160 m contest

2004-12-04 Thread Roger Stein
Hello Elecrafters, "My, what good ears you have" I say to my K2!! This has been a fun contest so far. Noise levels extremely low as presented to the front end via a CW160 antenna. Paper and pencil logging, gasp! many are saying!! Works. Taking time out during the day to shop with the xyl and put t

[Elecraft] 160 m contest

2005-01-30 Thread David A. Belsley
Well, it sure was fun to exercise the K2/100 on top band over the weekend. It was a challenge to get my homemade Italian antenna tuner (it looks like a plate of spaghetti) to deal with the inductive reactance of my newly shortened antenna (142" flat top, center fed with open-wire line), but, a

Re: [Elecraft] 160 m contest

2004-12-04 Thread Bob Tellefsen
Very good so far, Roger. I'm in about the same boat here, 34 or 35 mults so far. Hope to hear you in the brawl tonight. Good luck and 73 Bob N6WG K2 s/n 12 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the

Re: [Elecraft] 160 m contest

2004-12-04 Thread Lee Buller
Elecrafters, I am so impressed with the K2 again. The 160 meter contest is running full swing last night and I could S&P with a tight filter in and just comb the bands for station. Worked like a charm. The KAT-100 does a fantastic job on the Inverted-L and I have worked just about everythin

Re: [Elecraft] 160 m contest

2005-01-30 Thread Lars Edwards
ot of folks had some good antennas and ears. Next year I will have a much better antenna. Lars - Original Message - From: "David A. Belsley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Elecraft Reflector" Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 9:47 AM Subject: [Elecraft] 160 m conte

Re: [Elecraft] 160 m contest

2005-01-30 Thread N0tk
Dave Worked 31 stations in 15 states and VE5 with my FT-817 and "special" 160m antenna. I feed the center conductor of my coax feedline from basement to attic tuned with my ATU. Guess I need to install the 160m option in my K2. I did notice that the FT-817 roofing filter will not eliminate i

Re: [Elecraft] 160 m contest

2005-01-30 Thread Daems Johan
A. Belsley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Elecraft Reflector" Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 4:47 PM Subject: [Elecraft] 160 m contest Well, it sure was fun to exercise the K2/100 on top band over the weekend. It was a challenge to get my homemade Italian antenna tuner (it look

RE: [Elecraft] 160 m contest

2005-01-31 Thread Roger Stein
TECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 10:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 160 m contest Dave Worked 31 stations in 15 states and VE5 with my FT-817 and "special" 160m antenna. I feed the ce