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David Fleming-4
Hi All..

Just introducing myself. I'll probably be around for awhile as I will
soon be ordering a K2. I built dozens of Heathkits back in the day and
I've built quite a few homebrew audio amps and guitar amps (mostly
vintage Fender and Marshall circuits). I have a fondness for tube gear
and I'm currently using vintage Heath ham gear (SB-301 rx, SB-401 tx
and SB-201 amp). The only modern rigs I've ever owned are the Yaesu
FT-100, FT-897 and FT-900. I wasn't overly impressed with any of them,
and I always seem to drift back to vintage tube gear. I recently
started reading up on QRP and I'm ready to try my hand at using low
power for a change. I've never done that. After much research for the
ideal QRP rig, it seems the K2 is the way to go. I figure any product
that can score 4.9/5.0 on eHam with 118 reviews must stand on merit
rather than hype. Plus, after following this reflector for a few weeks,
I can see that a very valuable user knowledge base exists. It's a
no-brainer. I'm really looking forward to building this rig and hearing
that remarkable receiver that everyone seems to be talking about. It
sure will be nice to work QSK CW without hearing those relays chatter.
I trust it will work well with my Hustler 6BTV vertical.

I've made an agreement with the XYL that I will not put any new money
into my toys, so I must recycle. I have a Neumann studio mic on ebay
that should more than cover the cost of the K2. :->

73,

David Fleming W4SMT

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Re: New guy checking in...

Tom Zeltwanger
Dave,

Welcome and good luck with the K2. I just finished a basic K2 last week and am
using it with a 6BTV. In fact the antenna is not well-tuned yet, no radials
(but the ground pipe is probably in water), and I am not using a tuner. Just
wanted to fire up the rig for testing, and I worked about 10 DX contest QSOs.

So I am sure it will work with your antenna.

73,

Tom KG3V



Quoting David Fleming <[hidden email]>:

> Hi All..
>
> Just introducing myself. I'll probably be around for awhile as I will
> soon be ordering a K2. I built dozens of Heathkits back in the day and
> I've built quite a few homebrew audio amps and guitar amps (mostly
> vintage Fender and Marshall circuits). I have a fondness for tube gear
> and I'm currently using vintage Heath ham gear (SB-301 rx, SB-401 tx
> and SB-201 amp). The only modern rigs I've ever owned are the Yaesu
> FT-100, FT-897 and FT-900. I wasn't overly impressed with any of them,
> and I always seem to drift back to vintage tube gear. I recently
> started reading up on QRP and I'm ready to try my hand at using low
> power for a change. I've never done that. After much research for the
> ideal QRP rig, it seems the K2 is the way to go. I figure any product
> that can score 4.9/5.0 on eHam with 118 reviews must stand on merit
> rather than hype. Plus, after following this reflector for a few weeks,
> I can see that a very valuable user knowledge base exists. It's a
> no-brainer. I'm really looking forward to building this rig and hearing
> that remarkable receiver that everyone seems to be talking about. It
> sure will be nice to work QSK CW without hearing those relays chatter.
> I trust it will work well with my Hustler 6BTV vertical.
>
> I've made an agreement with the XYL that I will not put any new money
> into my toys, so I must recycle. I have a Neumann studio mic on ebay
> that should more than cover the cost of the K2. :->
>
> 73,
>
> David Fleming W4SMT
>
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RE: New guy checking in...

Gregg R. Lengling
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Welcome David and believe me you won't be sorry.  I have only 1 HF rig in
the shack and it's been the K2 for years now.  I have gone thru multiple
other mobile rigs for my car including the K2, but I didn't have space up
front for the K2 to mount properly, I've finally settled on a TS480SAT for
mobile operation as I also wanted 6 meters in the car.

You are going to have a blast building the rig and even more fun running it.

Ciao,  
Gregg W9DHI


-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 1:32 PM
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Subject: [Elecraft] New guy checking in...

Hi All..

Just introducing myself. I'll probably be around for awhile as I will
soon be ordering a K2. I built dozens of Heathkits back in the day and
I've built quite a few homebrew audio amps and guitar amps (mostly
vintage Fender and Marshall circuits). I have a fondness for tube gear
and I'm currently using vintage Heath ham gear (SB-301 rx, SB-401 tx
and SB-201 amp). The only modern rigs I've ever owned are the Yaesu
FT-100, FT-897 and FT-900. I wasn't overly impressed with any of them,
and I always seem to drift back to vintage tube gear. I recently
started reading up on QRP and I'm ready to try my hand at using low
power for a change. I've never done that. After much research for the
ideal QRP rig, it seems the K2 is the way to go. I figure any product
that can score 4.9/5.0 on eHam with 118 reviews must stand on merit
rather than hype. Plus, after following this reflector for a few weeks,
I can see that a very valuable user knowledge base exists. It's a
no-brainer. I'm really looking forward to building this rig and hearing
that remarkable receiver that everyone seems to be talking about. It
sure will be nice to work QSK CW without hearing those relays chatter.
I trust it will work well with my Hustler 6BTV vertical.

I've made an agreement with the XYL that I will not put any new money
into my toys, so I must recycle. I have a Neumann studio mic on ebay
that should more than cover the cost of the K2. :->

73,

David Fleming W4SMT



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Re: New guy checking in...

David Fleming-4
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Hi Tom.. That encouraging.  If you're making DX contacts on the 6BTV
with low power AND no radials, then that pipe must be in water or your
backyard is copper plated. :)

I just put mine up last week. I ran sixteen 30ft radials on top of the
ground using wire staples. It works! I'm getting less than 2:1 on all
of 40, 20, 15 and 10 without a tuner. Not so good on 80. I need to tune
it a bit.

Regards,

-David Fleming W4SMT

--- Tom Zeltwanger <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Dave,
>
> Welcome and good luck with the K2. I just finished a
> basic K2 last week and am
> using it with a 6BTV. In fact the antenna is not
> well-tuned yet, no radials
> (but the ground pipe is probably in water), and I am
> not using a tuner. Just
> wanted to fire up the rig for testing, and I worked
> about 10 DX contest QSOs.
>
> So I am sure it will work with your antenna.
>
> 73,
>
> Tom KG3V
>
>
>


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Re: New guy checking in...

Chris Kantarjiev K6DBG
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I've got a 6BTV up on my roof; the feedpoint is about 25' up. I have
a pair of tuned radials for every band except 80m - no room for those,
so I left them off.

My best DX so far is ZL on 20 and 40, and VK9 on 80, all with my K2
at 5W.

I think you'll find that the combination works pretty well :-)

73 de chris K6DBG
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