[Elecraft] K2 SSB audio......

[Julian, G4ILO]

I've often had unsolicited complimentary reports on my K2's audio quality,
and that using a good ol' truck drivers CB mic sold by Maplin. (To my
chagrin, that mic gets better reports than the fancy desk mic that cost 3
times as much!)

Before going on the air I took the trouble to put the K2 on a dummy load
and listen to the transmitted audio on my other radio.

I worked a German ham a couple of months ago who had apparently just
completed his K2 and asked for audio reports. He sounded just as you
described. On my suggestion he moved the BFO further into the filter
passband and it sounded a lot better.

I think the K2 is capable of excellent audio (though no SSB transmitter
will produce "Hi-Fi") but there's no substitute for actually listening to
it yourself while making the adjustments. Perhaps the guy you worked didn't
do that.

73,
--
Julian, G4ILO. (RSGB, ARRL, K2 #392)
Homepage: http://www.qsl.net/g4ilo

"Eddy Avila" <k6sdw@hotmail.com> wrote:

At the risk of being slammed by the K2 crowd (I've been wanting to buy the 
kit for a long time now....) I heard for the first time a K2 on SSb and the

TX audio was horrible!!! It sounded thin and breaking into distortion!! The

ham swears he was using the Heil mic recommended by Elecraft....he wasn't 
overdriving it tho, as far as I heard.

Now I've worked plenty of K2's on CW and it has the cleanest, purest tone 
out there....So, please tell me this was an aberation that the K2 is
capable 
of "Hi-FI" audio.....

73...../k6sdw