[TenTec] Best HF Travel Rig

[Michael Cheponis]

For casual operation I love my old corsair I.  Rig is light, good, and
works great on a battery that drops  below 12.0 volts. The 480SAT by
Kenwood is spectacular.  Of course neither works like my Orion II...

GL - Mike k3mc (at) arrl.net
On Feb 13, 2012 12:19 PM, "Joe" <joe at n4yg.com> wrote:

> Gentlemen,
>
> Thanks so much for all those ideas. I would love the Eagle I am sure. On
> the
> other end of the spectrum, the Century 21 is a good one. In the middle, the
> K2 would be nice. I will be pondering these.
>
> Joe
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP" <Rick at DJ0IP.de>
> To: <k9yc at arrl.net>; "'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'"
> <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 2:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Best HF Travel Rig
>
>
> > If you are a CW operator, I certainly agree with Jim.
> > If you work more SSB, one weakness of the Elecraft K2 is that it did not
> > have passband tuning.
> > Otherwise it is an outstanding radio.
> >
> > On the used market, one of my favorite radios is the Yaesu FT-900 AT.
> > Like the Eagle, it does not have any software menus.
> > It is my backup radio for my Eagle.
> >
> > Another good radio in this price class is the Icom IC-735.
> >
> > The TS-480 is also a nice portable radio.
> >
> > Of course if you don't mind  spending $2K, the very BEST radio is the
> > Eagle.
> >
> > Unfortunately built-in power supplies seem to be a thing of the past.
> > Now that we using switching power supplies, it is probably a good idea to
> > keep them a bit separated from the radio anyway.
> >
> > 73
> > Rick
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:
> tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
> > On Behalf Of Jim Brown
> > Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 6:57 PM
> > To: tentec at contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] Best HF Travel Rig
> >
> > On 2/13/2012 9:01 AM, Joe wrote:
> >> I am just wondering if several people might like to suggest a good rig
> to
> > take along.
> >
> > An Elecraft K2 with the 100W amp and tuner would be an excellent choice.
> > With the introduction of the K3 several years ago, a lot of K2s have
> > been coming on the market used.  The K2 was (and still is) sold as a
> > modular kit that the buyer builds. The bare bones K2 is CW only, 15
> > watts, 80-10 M. There's a 160M board, an SSB board, an audio filter
> > board, a 100 W power amp, and tuners for both the 15w and 100W rig.  It
> > runs on 12VDC. There are now lots of low cost, compact DC power supplies
> > around (about $100). I run my 12V rigs from a big deep discharge battery
> > that I bought at Costco for about $75, and trickle charge it with a
> > small regulated 12V supply that regulates to 14.1VDC.
> >
> > A second great choice would be the newly announced Elecraft KX3, which
> > is due to ship in a few months.  10-15 watts barefoot, about the size of
> > a VHF talkie, 160M to 6M,  cost about $875. They've also announced a
> > 100w amp and tuners for both power levels.  I've held a pre-production
> > unit in my hand, and it's a REAL cute little rig.
> >
> > The specs and performance of these two Elecraft rigs are in a class with
> > late model Omnis, but not at the level of the Orion.  A HUGE notch down
> > are the little Yaesu QRP rigs, and the other low cost 100W rice boxes.
> >
> > You can, of course, use any of these rigs with an outboard tuner and/or
> > amp.
> >
> > 73, Jim K9YC
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