Johnny,
My wife's rig is a k2/100 with most or all internal accessories and kat100.
She has been quite active in health and welfare traffic handling for Katrina
and has been involved on a regular basis with traffic nets since shortly
after upgrading to general class. She is just starting to learn CW traffic
handling now but is already quite proficient at ssb traffic handling and net
control functions.
Her K2 has worked admirably for her use on a daily basis for this. It is an
excellent rig and is nice, small and powerful. She has it mounted in a
portable wood box along with a power supply and a 2m rig. On her desk, she
keeps 2 12V 7.5 AH lead acid batteries on a trickle charger and can switch
to backup power with a single switch on the front panel of the box. The
wood box has antenna cables, ground strap, a battery cable plug (anderson
connectors like the k2/100 upgrade), and the power supply ac plug coming out
of the back. it takes only a minute or two to disconnect and carry to the
car.
Additionally, she has a 50 watt solar panel and deep discharge marine
battery (about 100 Ah ??) available for long term use without commercial
power. This system appears to be able to keep the battery charged on sunny
days even with rather heavy use.
While she has a small portable vertical 40-10 screwdriver, we tend to
prefer setting up either a loop or dipole at 15 ft or below for portable
use. These are 80-10 meter antennas that run NVIS on 80 and 40m capable of
blanketing the state of TX and beyond with usable signals during just about
anything but the poorest of conditions.
So in a nutshell. The k2 is capable of being one of the best sort of
emergency radios possible for HF. I don't think it is used substantially
only because I believe that there are relatively few K2s out there compared
to a multitude of other brands and radios from current and previous eras.
Also, being a kit or built by an individual, tends to be a disadvantage when
considered for purchase by an entity associated with emergency operations.
best regards,
Charles
wb5izd
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> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:10:59 +0800
> From: "Johnny" <
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> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] An Opportunity for CW Ops
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> Hi Group,
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> I have read so many message about emergency net in US. I am interested in
> knowing whether K2 has been greatly used in emergency communication. Can
I
> have your advice?
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> 73
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> Johnny Siu VR2XMC
> builder of s/n 1146, 4225, 4165 .......
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