[Elecraft] K2 Alignment

[Dan Barker]

Is there any interlock between CRr and USB/LSB during direct BFO freq =
entry on the K2 with the new firmware?=20

I have had my CW only K2 on the air for about a week, but last night =
decided to
 a) Calabrate the freq. readout (it was 40 Hz high) and
 b) Set the filters right for SSB, even tho mikes hurt.

Hours of effort (that C22 is sensitive, no?) later, WWV is at 10000.00, =
15000.00 and 20000.00. 5000.00 doesn't tune, but I'm pretty sure it =
would be in there.

However, the SSB filters came out all wrong about 4 times. I finally =
noticed that they were reversed. It could be that I'd done it wrong =
about 4 times, but I don't think so. I noticed that the example in the =
book shows the LSB row above the USB row, and that the LSB row matches =
(sort of) the CWn row (as the Theory pages suggest). Since my CW =
settings were fairly far from the example, I adjusted my SSB settings =
relative to the book settings (I offset from my CW setting the same =
amount as the example's difference).

It still didn't work. I went back in and the LSB and USB rows were =
reversed again. I swear I'm not making this up! My guess (I'm not =
touching it for a while - I only got one QSO last night after 4 hours in =
the shack - OK2GX), is that the procedure in the book has you do CWn, =
CWr, LSB and then USB and that the firmware does the SSB backwards if =
you leave the CWr state set. If so, then we need to add a step to =
reselect CWn before doing LSB. That's what I think I did. If not, well =
then I'm REALLY sticking to CW.

Anyhow, LSB sounds great now. USB, well, it was after midnight on the =
East Coast. I couldn't find any. But WWV was understandable (I think AM =
counts).=20

Dan / WG4S / $2456