Re: [Elecraft] K1: Advice on Options

2008-08-05 Thread Don Wilhelm
Dave, A comment on your item #2 - while the VFO in the K1 can be modified to have the bands begin 25 kHz up from the lower band edge, if you do that for one band, then all bands will start up 25 kHz. That is a problem with 30 meters where the normal tuning range begins at 10,100 kHz, and mos

RE: [Elecraft] K1: Advice on Options

2008-08-05 Thread Brett Howard
I have the 150Khz range selected and I'm not sure which I prefer. You lose the ability to get to 10.0Mhz and I sometimes use that to check frequency or just to generally check the rig and stuff. The 150Khz does make the knob awfully touchy but I'm into fiddly knobs. I find that many of the older

Re: [Elecraft] K1: Advice on Options

2008-08-05 Thread Ralph Tyrrell
Dave: I have a K1 built it in 2003. Tuning range, I tried 150 KHz, too fast tuning. I played with it a bit and come up with about 80 KHz, seems very nice. Noise Blanker, I have it. Helpful only sometimes. Battery Holder, I did not get it. ATU, works very well. Fed the antenna with ladder line