Hi Barry,
I'd love to have a KX3 but it is much too heavy.
It's weight would place too big of a dent in my wallet!
For SOTA I really only need 40/20/17/15m.
10 is dying and by the time it comes back, I doubt that I will still be
running up any mountains.
My next scheduled SOTA operation is 1-April. "Fool on a hill" - that's me!
I don't know yet if I'll try carrying my Scout up the mountain or not.
I can borrow an FT-817.
How good is the KX1?
We have some heavy challenges on our receivers here in EU.
A weak DR3 destroys 40m, especially at night, and a weak DR2 makes working
20m difficult - especially at night. You guys in the states can't
appreciate that. You have to see/hear it to believe it.
I once built a 20m QRP rig based on a design by Rick Littlefield.
Had some kind of IC mixer.
It was marginal.
I ran a QRP CW contest using a home-brew magnetic loop antenna. Sitting in
my living room with radio, mag loop, and battery, I worked dozens of QSOs.
Thought it was great. Then I put it on a big antenna and all hell broke
loose at night.
So I bought the MFJ 20m QRP CW rig.
It was no better than the one I built.
I sold both.
I want something better than that - but not too expensive.
But I don't know the QRP radios at all, except for the Argonauts.
73 - Rick, DJ0IP
(Nr. Frankfurt, Germany)
-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Barry N1EU
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 12:25 AM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Service, overhead, and the future. A/K/A/ I've got my
2 cents!
On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 9:40 PM, rick@dj0ip.de <Rick@dj0ip.de> wrote:
>
> My Scout is a bit too heavy and over-powered, but the FT-817 just
> isn't enough radio for me.
> I'm looking for something in between. I'd like to see a 10w or 20w
> radio with a good RX.
> I want it to have both SSB and CW.
It's called a KX-3
I've got one, but I usually carry a much lighter KX-1 or MTR-5B when I
actually hike up a mountain. (200 SOTA activations here)
73, Barry N1EU
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