[Elecraft] New Rev B K2

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

K6SE wrote:
Although the mods improve the K2, they remove the professional
appearance of the inner workings of the radio by those unsightly jumper
wires and added parts... ruin the internal appearance of their radios. 
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Ruin?? 

Perhaps for you and some others, but not for all of us. 

I'm a designer and builder, not a manufacturer of a finished product.
Some of the "professional" work I have been most proud of was a mass of
jumpers on the design bench. Once the screws are in the cabinet for the
last time I start tinkering with something else. That's why I don't own
a 'factory-built' rig. The "lasting value" in the K2 for me is in the
constant changes and improvements. 

Not everyone wants to do that, I know. There have been many posts on
here about keeping their K-rigs "exactly as they came from the
'factory'.." That's fine for those ops and their rigs will indeed look
pristine on the display table forever. 

I'll bet that there are just as many of us who see the rig as just the
current iteration of a lot of tinkering and fertile ground for a lot of
ideas to be tried. For us the beauty is not in the lack of cut traces
and jumpers or odd parts hung on the boards, it is in the latest
modification that (finally) works properly.  

So "ruined" by adding jumpers and changes?  Perhaps for some, but not
for everyone. 

Ron AC7AC
K2 # 1289