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No Eric, I was totally uninformed and I made the mistake of saying K2, when I
should have said Kachina!! I certainly apologize to you and Elecraft for my
error. Looking at your web page today is the first time I have seen your rig,
and I must say what you are doing is impressive.
At 11:33 AM 9/8/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Chester,
>
>I'm concerned you may be misinformed on the CW break-in performance of
>the K2. Both Wayne. N6KR, and myself are avid CW operators. As a result
>we made excellent CW break-in performance a requirement for the K2. Both
>of us are using the rigs daily to test them. So far we and our field
>testers have been very pleased with its CW operation.
>
>We included the following features specifically for CW op's:
>
>1. Smooth diode switched TX/RX break in with no clicks or thumps.
>2. Adjustable CW side-tone with tracking RX CW pitch.
>3. Adjustable CW side-tone level (separate from the regular volume
>control).
>4. Selectable CW normal/reverse sideband reception.
>5. Narrow IF filtering (500Hz, 250Hz optional)
>6. Very fast IF derived AGC (which can also be turned off).
>
>I do recall some other recently introduced rigs are using relay
>switching and audio filtering. Could you have been thinking of one of
>them?
>
>73, Eric WA6HHQ
>
>http://www.elecraft.com
>
>
Chester Alderman
Tom - W4BQF
chestert@pressroom.com
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<html><div>No Eric, I was totally uninformed and I made the mistake of
saying K2, when I should have said Kachina!! I certainly apologize to you
and Elecraft for my error. Looking at your web page today is the first
time I have seen your rig, and I must say what you are doing is
impressive.</div>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<div>At 11:33 AM 9/8/98 -0700, you wrote:</div>
<div>>Hi Chester,</div>
<div>></div>
<div>>I'm concerned you may be misinformed on the CW break-in
performance of</div>
<div>>the K2. Both Wayne. N6KR, and myself are avid CW operators. As a
result</div>
<div>>we made excellent CW break-in performance a requirement for the
K2. Both</div>
<div>>of us are using the rigs daily to test them. So far we and our
field</div>
<div>>testers have been very pleased with its CW operation.</div>
<div>></div>
<div>>We included the following features specifically for CW
op's:</div>
<div>></div>
<div>>1. Smooth diode switched TX/RX break in with no clicks or
thumps.</div>
<div>>2. Adjustable CW side-tone with tracking RX CW pitch.</div>
<div>>3. Adjustable CW side-tone level (separate from the regular
volume</div>
<div>>control).</div>
<div>>4. Selectable CW normal/reverse sideband reception.</div>
<div>>5. Narrow IF filtering (500Hz, 250Hz optional)</div>
<div>>6. Very fast IF derived AGC (which can also be turned
off).</div>
<div>></div>
<div>>I do recall some other recently introduced rigs are using
relay</div>
<div>>switching and audio filtering. Could you have been thinking of
one of</div>
<div>>them?</div>
<div>></div>
<div>>73, Eric WA6HHQ</div>
<div>></div>
<div>><a href="http://www.elecraft.com/";
EUDORA=AUTOURL>http://www.elecraft.com</a></div>
<div>></div>
>
<br>
<div align="center">
Chester Alderman<br>
<b>Tom - W4BQF<br>
</b><u>chestert@pressroom.com<br>
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