waiting for mine to be built.....had a four-band K1 about 4 years ago....sold it to pay taxes....now, you can't get the four-band module anymore.....the Internal ATU is half the cost of the radio, more if you don't put it together......with that said....it has a bitching receiver....excellent filtering, and a few big boy transceiver goodies.....did use my former K1 to finish a contest when my main HF rig went tits up......run it on 40M into a small linear, and got almost 100w out.....it will do 7 to 7 1/2 watts off a power supply @ 14VDC on 40m by itself.....a bit lower on 30/20/15.....ran for days off a gel cell camping....loved the little rig, and now, I'll have another one......contest quality rig....excellent for CW......will receive SSB if you have the wide VFO setting (150-160 kHz, instead of the 70-80 kHz tuning spread)....would love to find a four band module....good rig but pricey....for another 100 bucks, I could have had a new/used portable all-band rig, that didn't need to be built, but I have had one before, and wanted another one.....I'll see how some SOTA activations go this summer with my new K1 and Mountain Bike/Hiking endeavours.....:-)
waiting for mine to be built.....had a four-band K1 about 4 years ago....sold it to pay taxes....now, you can't get the four-band module anymore.....the Internal ATU is half the cost of the radio, more if you don't put it together......with that said....it has a bitching receiver....excellent filtering, and a few big boy transceiver goodies.....did use my former K1 to finish a contest when my main HF rig went tits up......run it on 40M into a small linear, and got almost 100w out.....it will do 7 to 7 1/2 watts off a power supply @ 14VDC on 40m by itself.....a bit lower on 30/20/15.....ran for days off a gel cell camping....loved the little rig, and now, I'll have another one......contest quality rig....excellent for CW......will receive SSB if you have the wide VFO setting (150-160 kHz, instead of the 70-80 kHz tuning spread)....would love to find a four band module....good rig but pricey....for another 100 bucks, I could have had a new/used portable all-band rig, that didn't need to be built, but I have had one before, and wanted another one.....I'll see how some SOTA activations go this summer with my new K1 and Mountain Bike/Hiking endeavours.....:-)
Now the K1 is gone !..Glad I have one, plus a un-built 4 band kit !
Lee, WA8QFE
Yes.. The K1 is a keeper for sure Francis.. enjoy the treasures.
How much is ir ?
nice video.. thanks
Nice!
Where did you get the vfo knob with a spinner for the K1?
It was there when I bought the radio