Re: K2 receiver issues during contest?
Posted by
Brendan Minish on
May 30, 2006; 4:09pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/K2-receiver-issues-during-contest-tp390337p390339.html
On Tue, 2006-05-30 at 10:10 -0400, Darwin, Keith wrote:
> Hey folks,
> I noticed with one of these stations, I could
> hear "clicks" up and down the band for +/- several KHz. I though he had
> key clicks. Then I found a 2nd signal that produced the same results.
> Then a 3rd and a 4th. I suppose it is possible that all of them had
> issues with key clicks but it is also possible that I've hit a limit in
> the K2's ability to handle strong signals close in.
Some popular rigs in use by contesters (in particular the 1000MP series)
have very bad keyclicks unless modified
http://www.w8ji.com/keyclicks.htmUnfortunately it is not uncommon at all to hear bad keyclicks during
major contests
The K2 receive performance is certainly up to contesting, I use my K2 in
preference to my 756PRO2 for CW contesting as it hears better
.brendan EI6IZ
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