Putting the K2 in K2ZR/FD; 3rd in 1A-b

[Mark S. Adams, P.E.]

Hi Gang,

Just a quick gloat from the Buffalo Lighthouse Crew 1A-Battery FD event
2004.  We finished 3rd using my K2 (SN543) and 4 Windoms hung from the top
of the Buffalo Lighthouse.  The K2 continues to be THE radio for this type
of operation.  Any laptop and a K2 can go the full event without making a
deep cycle battery breath hard :-)  And the other group operating from the
USS Sullivans, just a stones throw up the shipping channel, and operating
with "real" power, is not even noticed unless we are on the exact same
frequency working each other.

It also helps having a very nice antenna setup.  K2ZR built 4 Windoms cut
for 80M using 4:1 current baluns.  They were hung as slopers in 4 compass
directions and run to an antenna switch with 4 equal lengths of coax.  A
piece of LMR600 then ran to the operating position. The antennas had low
SWR on all the bands making for low unmatched losses and child's play for
the K2's internal tuner.  It was great to be able to have gain in 4
directions at the flick of a switch.

See y'all in FD 2005, same weekend, same place.  Oh, next year we'll be
looking to close some more of the gap between us and our 2 "rivals" K6MI
and N4BP. (Yeah, I know it's not a contest.)

73,
Mark K2QO
Buffalo Lighthouse Crew
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[wayne burdick]

Nice work, Mark!

Several K2 users have mentioned how well the rig worked for them at
Field Day. This is gratifying for Eric and me, since that's exactly
what we designed it for   :)

Now if I could just get out of the lab and into the great outdoors more
often....

73,
Wayne
N6KR


On Nov 3, 2004, at 1:34 PM, Mark S. Adams, P.E. wrote:

> Hi Gang,
>
> Just a quick gloat from the Buffalo Lighthouse Crew 1A-Battery FD
> event 2004.  We finished 3rd using my K2 (SN543) and 4 Windoms hung
> from the top of the Buffalo Lighthouse.  The K2 continues to be THE
> radio for this type of operation.  Any laptop and a K2 can go the full
> event without making a deep cycle battery breath hard :-)  And the
> other group operating from the USS Sullivans, just a stones throw up
> the shipping channel, and operating with "real" power, is not even
> noticed unless we are on the exact same frequency working each
> other....

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