Posted by
Ron D'Eau Claire-2 on
Aug 13, 2006; 11:05pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Up-conversion-tp392867p392891.html
A purely subjective response after "spooking" this reflector for six years
is that there are far more CW operators active on here than SSB operators. I
think that started to change after the KPA100 appeared, but it still seems
to favor CW or SSB by a large margin.
One indicator is this; Over the years I saw a number of suggestions about
forming nets of Elecraft owners and Hams interested in Elecraft rigs on both
CW and SSB, but so far only the CW net has really taken off. I'm not even
aware of any regular gathering of Elecraft SSB operators. True, the success
of the CW ECN is largely due to the efforts of Kevin, KD5ONS who has stuck
with it as the ECN net control station, along with the help of many faithful
supporters like Tom N0SS and a gang of regular check-ins, but that's my
point. No "SSB-Kevin" has stepped forward with the same dedication as far as
I know.
With that experience tucked in my belt, it has never surprised me that there
are far more comments about the K2's superior performance on CW than SSB.
For myself, I have to admit that my K2/100 is equipped with the SSB module,
which I've used for SSB and digital modes, but my last non-CW QSO was over a
year ago now. I think it was to help another K2 owner check out his radio on
SSB <G>.
Ron AC7AC
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