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> From: Michael Babineau <
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> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] What Two Bands would you pick for a K1?
> Date: January 26, 2017 at 9:14:46 AM GMT-5
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> I agree with Mike. My choice for a 2 band K1 would be 40m/20m. Although 30m is a great band, it seems to rely on having a few sunspots .
> Propagation lately on 30m has been very poor, whereas 40m is doing great. In spite of the lack of sunspots 20m meters still has its moments.
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> When I built my 4 band K1, I went with 40m/30m/20m/17m, the rational being that this gave me (more or less) a set of daytime/nightime bands that were Non-WARC and WARC
> so I could choose to participate (or not participate) on a busy contest weekend, depending on my mood.
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> Michael VE3WMB
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> P.S. The great thing is that you can always choose to build up a second 2 band board with different bands on it. It is a bit of a PITA to change out the band boards, even more so if you
> have a KAT1 installed, but it can be done in few minutes.
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> >From: Mike Morrow <
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> >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] What Two Bands would you pick for a K1?
> >Date: January 25, 2017 at 3:09:13 PM GMT-5
> >To: Harry Yingst <
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> >Reply-To: Mike Morrow <
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>> What Two Bands would you pick for a K1?
>> My first thoughts are 40 and 15,
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> >There are only six bands that Elecraft supports with KFL1-2 band parts: 80m, 40m, 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m. Some have customized their own boards for other bands, notably 160m and 10m.
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> >When I built a K1 in 2000, only two-band filter boardz were available. I built two filter boards, one for 40m/20m, and one for 30m/15m. I used those until the KFL1-4 four-band board for all four of those bands was available. I converted the >40m/20m KFL1-2 to 80m/17m.
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> >Without any doubt or question, if I were limited to one two-band board, 40m/20m would easily be my choice even as we head further into a long (perhaps very long) period of minimal solar activity.
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> >Mike / KK5F
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