{"id":126,"date":"2008-04-18T20:00:07","date_gmt":"2008-04-19T00:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w4kaz.com\/qth\/?p=126"},"modified":"2008-04-27T08:36:15","modified_gmt":"2008-04-27T12:36:15","slug":"the-mojo-has-landed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w4kaz.com\/qth\/?p=126","title":{"rendered":"The Mojo Has Landed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The reason for the fire sale in the kaz-shack<\/a> is to finance the arrival of a nice and spiffy Elecraft K2\/100<\/a>. Hopefully, getting third-hand-me-down mojo will not dilute the well advertised K2 effectiveness.<\/p>\n

I have only been able to spin the knobs a wee bit so far. I can already say that the RX is really hot on 40m and 80m. It seems about equal in sensitivity to my FT-920 and the FT-100D<\/a> on 20m. Its strong point is being much more selective than the FT-920.<\/p>\n

I thought long and hard about which radio to part with. Both the FT-100D<\/a> and the FT-920 have their strong and weak points, and I do want to have a backup radio at hand. But the deciding factor was that I simply use the FT-920 more often. The FT-100D<\/a> is actually the better receiver of the two, and is surprisingly good on CW for a mobile radio.<\/p>\n

The other factor that pushed me towards keeping the 920 was an item I found only recently. The folks at International Radio<\/a> have an announcement on their website about a roofing filter mod<\/a> coming soon for the FT-920. A quick e-mail inquiry got me a copy of the draft installation documentation, which seems simple enough.<\/p>\n

So, for now the 920 has kept its place. It may wind up being sent to the auction block, but not immediately.<\/p>\n

Maybe to finance another K2 – one I can melt solder on myself! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The reason for the fire sale in the kaz-shack is to finance the arrival of a nice and spiffy Elecraft K2\/100. Hopefully, getting third-hand-me-down mojo will not dilute the well advertised K2 effectiveness.<\/p>\n

I have only been able to spin the knobs a wee bit so far. I can already say that the RX is really hot on 40m and 80m. It seems about equal in sensitivity to my FT-920 and the FT-100D on 20m. Its strong point is being much more selective than the FT-920.<\/p>\n

I thought long and hard about which radio to part with. Both the FT-100D and the FT-920 have their strong and weak points, and I do want to have a backup radio at hand. But the deciding factor was that I simply use the FT-920 more often. The FT-100D is actually the better receiver of the two, and is surprisingly good on CW for a mobile radio.<\/p>\n

The other factor that pushed me towards keeping the 920 was an item I found only recently. The folks at International Radio have an announcement on their website about a roofing filter mod coming soon for the FT-920. A quick e-mail inquiry got me a copy of the draft installation documentation, which seems simple enough.<\/p>\n

So, for now the 920 has kept its place. It may wind up being sent to the auction block, but not immediately.<\/p>\n

Maybe to finance another K2 – one I can melt solder on myself! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

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