For sale 4 band Elecraft K1 40/30/20/15 - an iconic transceiver in fully working condition and excellent cosmetic shape. All Elecraft K-1 options installed except for battery (not really needed in from my perspective). It is a smaller brother of Elecraft K2.
It is an excellent CW rig with set of features bordering some of the desktop transceivers. For me it came to replace an FT817 (with CW filter installed) and it was a very noticeable upgrade in all departments - selectivity, sound, weight, power consumption and usability. The bands are 40/30/20/15 that pretty much cover the most reliable band set for mobile and portable scenarios. Selectivity is excellent but don't expect it to match modern competition rigs although I worked a few contest on it just out of curiosity and I must admit I was impressed. Tunable filter definitely helps. ATU tunes pretty much everything and designed for a random wire. The pictures are of the actual K1 and you will get exactly what you see on the pictures. The options are visible on the pictures for those who familiar with the matter. Output up to 7 Watt.
Reason to sell: the rig does not have see much of the usage lately.
Will ship in a relatively large box to prevent damaging the manual
Happy bidding!
On Apr-17-24 at 21:08:32 PDT, seller added the following information:This K1 has latest firmware:
* main MCU 1.09E
* ATU 1.30
* NB 1.02