[Elecraft] K2

[Eric Manning]

The marketing cliche says that customers should be surprised and delighted. 
It rarely happens, but I really am with my K2.  The modular design,  the 
slick user interface, the obvious product quality, the "start basic CW QRP 
and then grow" strategy, the manual, the gonzo performance and the customer 
support are all truly outstanding. Congratulations!

a couple of very small suggestions for the next rev of the manual:

In Phase 1 testing it is  possible to get a bad software load if, for 
instance, the bus from the main cpu is faulty. I forgot to solder several 
bus-related pins, and I got strange patterns on the display which, after I 
fixed the bus, were remedied by forcing a reload of the software. A remark 
to this effect in Phase 1 testing might be good.

WHy not include the aux rf plug in the base kit? Costs a dollar but would 
save us doing the tricky remove/refit of the heat sink when we do the ATU.

ATU kit: Tell us NOT to install R6 when the other resistors are being put 
in. I looked thru the directions three times, couldn't find an instruction 
to install R6, thought you had omitted it, so I went ahead and did it 
anyway. Then, of course, I found the instruction. =)

eric VE7 GBV
K2 2561

Eric G. Manning, ISP, P.Eng., F.IEEE, FEIC, etc
New Media  Centre / Nortel Networks Professor of Network Performance and
NewMIC Scientist
Director, PANDA Laboratory
Computer Science & ECE
University of Victoria

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