Hey folks,
The new-to-me K1 arrived on Saturday. I was swamped with other tasks
(repairing my pellet rifle, preparing the sermon for Sunday) so was not
able to apply power or antenna until Sunday evening.
I had previously supposed the K1 was today's HW-9. Boy was I wrong.
The K1 is a far better rig. The number of features in this rig far
exceed those in the HW-9. With the ATU and built-in battery capability,
I'm entertaining notions of summer hikes into the mountains, K1,
straight key, wire antenna, paper & pencil in the backpack. It could be
a very nice way to pass a summer afternoon. Anyway, where was I. Oh
yea, winter in VT!
I had very little time to use the K1 but was impressed. It sounds nice
and plays nice. Clearly, it is not quite in the same league as my Omni
V but nobody in their right mind would expect it to be.
The RX seemed surprisingly quiet with signals rising up out of the
background nicely. My Omni overall is much noisier.
One thing I miss is a real S-meter. You know, the type with a needle
and a scale. I put the rig in S-meter mode but the meter pretty much
stayed pegged.
I'll post more impressions as the days unfold and I get more time behind
the knobs.
- Keith KD1E -
- K1, Omni V, SKCC 344 -
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