{"id":4073,"date":"2015-12-21T03:42:55","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T03:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ni0l.com\/?p=4073"},"modified":"2015-12-21T03:42:55","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T03:42:55","slug":"time-to-get-in-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.n0zb.com\/index.php\/2015\/12\/21\/time-to-get-in-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to get in Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ni0l.com\/pictures\/collins_s_line_MARS_army.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" class=\"alignright\" \/> Excitement in the shack! We&#8217;ve had a new addition. I have had my Elecraft K3 for quite a while. Nothing but positive words about it. It has never let me down.  <\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve all heard about the K-Line. I am assuming that the term K-Line is an omage to the Collins S-Line.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/6c\/Collins_S3_Line_FSc_090326.jpg\/640px-Collins_S3_Line_FSc_090326.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"191\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Through my research of MARS, I know that the Collins S-Line was the choice of MARS stations. Collins even had a repair shop located at the major air base outside of Saigon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ni0l.com\/pictures\/collins_s_line_MARS_air_force.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Although I have never operated any Collins gear, from what I&#8217;ve read it was built like a tank but clearly was designed to have aesthetic appeal. Elecraft is aiming to achieve the same.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ni0l.com\/pictures\/K-LINE-LRG.jpg\" width=\"1166\" height=\"319\" class=\"aligncenter\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve started my attempt at building my K-line with the addition of the Elecraft amp and tuner. Both easily interface with each other and the K3. This allows for seamless band switching and tuning. <\/p>\n<p>While only a 500 watt amplifier, I have already noticed an notable increase in my ability to make contacts and get to the top of the pileup. Band conditions helped, I&#8217;m sure &#8211; but it was still enjoyable making contacts with South Africa, Findland, the Canary Islands, and Aruba. Stateside contacts have also seemed to be easier to make with a little extra punch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excitement in the shack! We&#8217;ve had a new addition. I have had my Elecraft K3 for quite a while. Nothing but positive words about it. It has never let me down. We&#8217;ve all heard about the K-Line. I am assuming that the term K-Line is an omage to the Collins S-Line. Through my research of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.n0zb.com\/index.php\/2015\/12\/21\/time-to-get-in-line\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Time to get in Line&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,8,11],"tags":[62,81,82,129,142],"class_list":["post-4073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-army","category-history","category-radio","tag-collins-s-line","tag-elecraft","tag-elecraft-k-line","tag-k3","tag-kpa500"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9vUOZ-13H","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.n0zb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.n0zb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.n0zb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.n0zb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.n0zb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.n0zb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4073\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.n0zb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.n0zb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.n0zb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}