Amazing K1 & K2 receiver feat

[Stephanie Maks]

At least, I think it's amazing.

I have my K1 on the workbench right now for some testing.  I've got a  
little 5-watt dummy load plugged in as I was doing some tests with  
the power and SWR meters in the KAT1.

And suddenly, with just a dummy load, I was listening to W1AW code  
practice on 40 meters!

When I heard the faint code, my first thought was that I'd left a PIC  
beacon controller running on my bench.  When I realized that nothing  
on my bench was turned on, I thought maybe I have a ham neighbor that  
I wasn't previously aware of.  Then I heard the callsign, and  
realized it's code practice, coming from Newington CT!

So I had to try it with the K2...I put it in the same spot, plugged  
in the dummy load and tuned 7047.5.  Hey, it works on the K2 as  
well!  RF Gain at max, AF Gain at "2 o'clock" and pre-amp on, and I  
can hear W1AW in the K2 speaker, using just a dummy load for an antenna.

So, is this amazing proof of the great Elecraft designs?  Or does  
this sort of thing happen all the time?

73 de Stephanie
va3uxb
K2#5311 - K1#2132

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[Sylvan Archer]

Yep, they are amazing. Last week I was trying to work
one of the 80M foxes on Tuesday night with my K2.
First clue something was wrong was that the swr into
my antenna was abnormally high. Nevermind, I could
hear the Fox just fine so I try to work him. Normally
I would work this particular Fox very easily and for
15 minutes I could hear him but he never responded to
me. Light bulb goes on and I look at the panel. Sure
enough I am trying to work him with ANT2 and I have my
antenna hooked up to ANT1. Switch to ANT1 and work him
promptly. Swr was better on ANT 1 too. :)

Fine rigs these Elecraft's are.

73 de w1mt
Mike

--- Stephanie Maks <[hidden email]> wrote:

> So I had to try it with the K2...I put it in the
> same spot, plugged  
> in the dummy load and tuned 7047.5.  Hey, it works
> on the K2 as  
> well!  RF Gain at max, AF Gain at "2 o'clock" and
> pre-amp on, and I  
> can hear W1AW in the K2 speaker, using just a dummy
> load for an antenna.
>

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[Steven Pituch]

I think it was Kurt N. Sterba who said once he was testing a rig by sending
code (a CQ) into a dummy load.  When he switched back to the antenna
someone was answering his CQ!  Now that’s QRPppppp.

Steph it sounds like your dummy load doesn't have ideal shielding.
Something is leaking out into the ether, but I don't think it’s a problem.

Steve, W2MY


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[Sandy W5TVW]

When I first got my K1 running a couple of years ago, When I disconnected
the generator and turned the gain full up, the receiver sounded a bit "deaf"
as there was practically no noise at all generated internally!  It has never
ceased to amaze me as to what I can hear with it though!  For what is
in it, it works amazingly well and it is by far the best CW QRP rig
I ever owned.
Right about now, I need a new tuning pot, as I have just about worn the one
that came with it out!  I plan on getting a metal shafted one when I replace it
as the plastic bodied one gets a bit sloppy when you use it as much as I've
used this one!
Can't say enough about it's performance in VERY crowded band conditions
of QRP contests.  For the number of crystals in the variable selectivity filter,
it works VERY nicely!

73,

Sandy W5TVW
K1 #1178
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephanie Maks" <[hidden email]>
To: <[hidden email]>
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 6:41 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Amazing K1 & K2 receiver feat


| At least, I think it's amazing.
|
| I have my K1 on the workbench right now for some testing.  I've got a  
| little 5-watt dummy load plugged in as I was doing some tests with  
| the power and SWR meters in the KAT1.
|
| And suddenly, with just a dummy load, I was listening to W1AW code  
| practice on 40 meters!
|
| When I heard the faint code, my first thought was that I'd left a PIC  
| beacon controller running on my bench.  When I realized that nothing  
| on my bench was turned on, I thought maybe I have a ham neighbor that  
| I wasn't previously aware of.  Then I heard the callsign, and  
| realized it's code practice, coming from Newington CT!
|
| So I had to try it with the K2...I put it in the same spot, plugged  
| in the dummy load and tuned 7047.5.  Hey, it works on the K2 as  
| well!  RF Gain at max, AF Gain at "2 o'clock" and pre-amp on, and I  
| can hear W1AW in the K2 speaker, using just a dummy load for an antenna.
|
| So, is this amazing proof of the great Elecraft designs?  Or does  
| this sort of thing happen all the time?
|
| 73 de Stephanie
| va3uxb
| K2#5311 - K1#2132
|
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[Jessie Oberreuter]

      Heh, in the VHF contest last weekend, I had a full QSO w/ K7YO on my
2m xverter with the antenna unplugged (and no HF antenna either).  We
couldn't figure out why I was so far down on 2m compared to 6...


On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Steven Pituch wrote:

> I think it was Kurt N. Sterba who said once he was testing a rig by sending
> code (a CQ) into a dummy load.  When he switched back to the antenna
> someone was answering his CQ!  Now that’s QRPppppp.
>
> Steph it sounds like your dummy load doesn't have ideal shielding.
> Something is leaking out into the ether, but I don't think it’s a problem.
>
> Steve, W2MY
>
>
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