[Elecraft] A couple of questions

[Tom Hammond NØSS]

Hi Julian:

>Is anyone in the UK thinking of ordering the BFO mod kit for the K2? I was
>thinking of doing so, though I'm not greatly bothered by BFO drift, but was
>put off by the fact that the international shipping cost more than doubles
>the price of the kit. Perhaps if a few of us club together one person could
>order several kits, and split the cost of the shipping?

Now THAT'S a really SMART move!

>I was interested in the comment by Allen, KA5N, that replacing the filter
>crystals and doing the BFO mod solved the problem of the beat note changing
>when switching bandwidths.

This is probably just a fluke. Nothing changed the DACs, so they're still 
just as prone to a 1-digit ambiguity as before.

>I'm still troubled by this problem, which discourages me from using narrow 
>bandwidths when working PSK, but I can't see why this mod would solve this 
>particular problem, unless it's just a matter of luck.

Agreed.

Cheers,

Tom Hammond   N0SS