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Just had to comment on the iconography of the March 2019 Old Stuff Day. I'm
old enough to have witnessed all of the icons on that page. Bumper cars? Of course. Manual typewriter (with the beloved Courier font? Natch. VW bus? Never drove one but saw many on the road. All of these are no longer in production---except the K2. I know, the K2 was not announced in the same year as bumper cars, but to some it is Old Stuff given the newer digital rigs of the day. My K2 #6011 is still very much alive and a joy to operate in CW (my preferred mode) as a QRP rig. Today, QRP rigs are available at a lower cost, but, IMHO, the K2 still offers the most enjoyment/$ for building and operating. What a hoot: the K2 in the same picture as the lava lamp. The K2 won't last forever, of course, but the run it has had is a tribute to the vision and engineering prowess of the Elecraft team. Thanks for the memories. -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Great commentary on the venerable K2. I had an experience that some on this
reflector might find interesting. I purchased a Yaesu FT-991A solely for the purpose of VHF/UHF SSB/CW. (Our local group's been buggin' me to join them on 2m SSB, hihi.) Well, I saw C8T on the cluster and decided to give them a call. I wanted to try the FT-991A on hf, so I unscrewed the PL-259 from the back of the K2/100, moved it over to the Yaesu, and tuned to 40m. Nothing heard. I made sure the filter selection was correct, toggled the IPO settings, etc., still nothing. Switched back to the K2/100 (S/N 3595, fresh from a Don Wilhelm, W3FPR, thorough upgrade and alignment.) and voilà, there was C8T. Oh it was weak, to be sure, but readable and subsequently in my log. I mentioned this to Joel Hallas, W1ZR, during an email discussion re. his FT-991A QST review and he commented that, while the K2 is a fine radio, he was surprised. I'm not, the K2's still higher on the Sherwood Receiver Test List for a reason. (Albeit that ranking's just by close in Dynamic Range, DR3.) I'll eventually get a CW optimized K3S, however, I'll always love my K2/100. Vy 73 de Bert WA2SI -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] <[hidden email]> On Behalf Of engineercm Sent: Monday, April 01, 2019 10:53 To: [hidden email] Subject: [Elecraft] Out with the Old "I know, the K2 was not announced in the same year as bumper cars, but to some it is Old Stuff given the newer digital rigs of the day. My K2 #6011 is still very much alive and a joy to operate in CW (my preferred mode) as a QRP rig. Today, QRP rigs are available at a lower cost, but, IMHO, the K2 still offers the most enjoyment/$ for building and operating." ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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On 4/1/2019 7:52 AM, engineercm wrote:
> Bumper cars? Of course. Manual typewriter (with the beloved Courier > font? Natch. VW bus? Never drove one but saw many on the road. > > All of these are no longer in production---except the K2. I used a manual typewriter until I got a Selectric that was in use until 1999. Never had a VW Bus but I had a 1953 VW Bug and later a 1963 Bug that I did several engine rebuilds and a 12V conversion but sold it in 1986 before it fell apart. K2 old? Mine is the newest rig on the shelf, just beating out my ICOM IC-2820 VHF/UHF rig. I don't get to use the K2 much any more after moving from the house with 13 - count 'em - 13 antennas (2 HF ones) to an apartment with only a porch-mounted mag-loop for HF - at least I got to have my VHF/UHF j-poles and ground-planes, only after the very grunting acceptance of the property owners after I played my "emergency communication" card. 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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I see my name and call were not included. My bad. Some reflectors
(groups.io) insert it; other's don't. So, i forgot. My posts on this reflector and few; I'll try and remember in the future! 72, Clark WU4B EM73 - Atlanta, GA K2 #6011 -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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