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Tag: KH1

  • SOTA Activation – Flint Peak – W6/CT-225 – Nerd hike with some friends

    What a beautiful day for a hike! I spend a great deal of time talking about amateur radio in my day to day life. It is no surprise that I get many questions from non-hams about the hobby and how it works. Recently I decided to host a monthly “nerd hike” where I invite friends…

  • Elecraft KH1 Key – Internal Version Tracking

    I have a few what I call Prototype Ver 2 CW keys that I have built, and am sending out to gather feedback… but in reality, those are Version 21 of my cad design. I’ll use this page to document future version changes that happen as I work on them.

  • SOTA Activation – Saddle Peak – W6/CT-274

    It’s my birthday today and decided to blow off going in to work. My YL Debbie tagged along for a hike to Saddle Peak. 10 years ago we hiked this summit as newlyweds and I wanted to go back. The views did not disappoint! I ran some 2m SSB on the Quansheng, and then switched…

  • SOTA Activation – Vetter Mtn – W6/CT-021

    Beautiful day for a hike! A.J. W6CMY joined me for an activation at Vetter Mountain. This site is neat because a fire lookout is at the summit. This lookout burned down in 2009 in the Station Fire but was rebuilt. It’s a tough location for 2m / 70cm, Mt Wilson hides a clear view of…

  • Elecraft KH1 CW Key Project – Third party prototype feedback

    Steve – WG0AT – Received Prototype V2 12/6/2025 “”First Impressions: It’s Gem! Love it! (So far!)” “Been using a V2 beta paddle set last 3-weeks …Solid design! Tested in extreme cold temps no issues! Nice tight feel not mushy! No springs! Impressive! – Steve Here’s Steve’s paddle in an inverted installation. I’m re-thinking how the key…

  • Elecraft KH1 CW Key Project – Design Phase

    This post is work in progress, images are of the Version 2 Prototype Inspired by DL6YYM’s concentric design of the TP-III, I sought out to design a miniature concentric key using the same idea. The design would have to be small to accommodate the KH1’s form factor along with fitting inside the KH1 carry case.…

  • Elecraft KH1 CW Key Project – Why am I doing this?

    Frankly, I owe myself an explanation to this simple question also. This project is WAY out of my league! A little background is probably valuable to understand first. I am very new to CW, only having started in May 2025. My goal then was to cram every single day for at least an hour with…