Joe, I completely agree....I build kits for the fun and education value not
to save money.....and, otherwise I would just be sitting at home in the
evening sipping cheapo wine and watching some crap on TV....at least
spending 50-60 hours soldering components on circuit boards would seem to be
more productive of my time.....HI!!
k6sdw
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Malloy [mailto:jmalloy@hamilton.edu]
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 11:29 AM
To: RMcGraw@InfoAve.Net; Avila Edward
Cc: 'Mark Adams PE'; 'tenteccontestingcom'
Subject: RE: [TenTec] re: Receiver comparison chart on website
Bob, I built a K2 with all available accessories but the battery (SSB
board, NB, 160, antenna tuner) and it probably took me about 60 or 65
hours over a period of two months to do it. I'm 50 years old, afflicted
with poor eyesight (as 50 year olds often are!), and am not in the
electronics field (by a long shot - I'm a German literature professor) and
I had a stroke 6 years ago (which means that it's all complicated by that
fact). While that kit-building effort certainly counts in the final cost
of the unit, I can truthfully say that it was a ball -- something I did
because I *liked* it, not because it was a necessity. Sure, it only has
about 10 or so watts when you're finished: but you can do almost anything
with that power, it may be a little more challeging, but, hey, what's the
point of guarenteed (well, almost!) QSOs? Hi hi...
It was the kit aspect of it and the highly regarded receiver that got me
to do it. I had been so content with my Corsair, I didn't see much need
to improve upon it. The K2 provided me with a reason, though, and I'm
glad it did.
ObTenTec: I worked my way up to the K2 by building a number of kits
beforehand: the T-Kit 1330 and a T-Kit keyer were among them.
73,
Joe, W2RBA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-tentec@contesting.com [mailto:owner-tentec@contesting.com]On
> Behalf Of Bob & Linda McGraw K4TAX
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 3:39 PM
> To: Avila Edward
> Cc: 'Mark Adams PE'; 'tenteccontestingcom'
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] re: Receiver comparison chart on website
>
>
>
> While the K2 looks attractive in many ways, has anyone built a kit of
> this complexity lately? And made it work? If I recall, this is a 12
> watt TX radio too. Wonder how that would fair in a pile-up on 14.195.
> I guess if one had 8 x 4 ele 20M monobanders stacked it would do very
> well. :-)
>
> 73
> Bob K4TAX
>
> Avila Edward wrote:
> >
> > Mark, good points.......big difference between Omni and K2 is
> price!!! I'm a
> > Ten Tec fan (Corsair II and Scout) but would seriously
> consider selling off
> > all that for a K2 but the lack of power stops me since I'm
> not into QRp and
> > try slugging it out with the Big Guns chasing Dx....HI......./k6sdw
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Adams, P.E. [mailto:k2qo@hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 9:20 AM
> > To: n1eu@hotmail.com; tentec@contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] re: Reciever comparison chart on website
> >
> > Barry and gang,
> >
> > I think that W8JI has compared the K2 and Omni 6+ on 160M. At
> any rate, I
> > email chatted with W1RFI who heads up the ARRL lab. He says
> that the devil
> > is in the details of the test, not the text of the tests as
> printed in the
> > Journal. If you look at the graphs in the extended product reviews at
> > www.ARRL.net, you really SEE how the rigs compare.
> >
> > Recently, I picked up a used Omni 6, upgrade 3. To make that
> decision, I
> > thoroughly reviewed the extended reviews of the IC746, Omni
> 6, TS570, FT920
> > and the K2. It was VERY clear to me that the TT and K2 were head and
> > shoulders above the other radios in terms of RX performance.
> While some of
> > the K2's #'s were SLIGHTLY better than the Omni's, one must
> factor the extra
> >
> > features of the Omni due to its being double conversion. I
> absolutely wanted
> >
> > the notch filter, so the K2 was out. Also, I am an ardent
> QRPer, but once in
> >
> > a while I like to ragchew with the DX on SSB :-)
> >
> > That said, I have used a friends K2 quite a bit and really
> love it. It is a
> > phenomenal product to be sure, and the auto-internal tuner is
> mindboggling!
> >
> > Your mileage may vary....
> >
> > 72,
> > Mark K2QO
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