[Elecraft] K2 Alignment Sequence:

[Dave]

Tony

Nothing beats having a proper signal generator to know if you have aligned
the K2 correctly, or indeed if the alignment has drifted off with time or
temperature. Many of the older type of signal generators are available for
little cost, they need to be of decent quality but age isn't so important.
For what it's worth, I had a Marconi 995 signal generator dating from the
1960s that was perfectly adequate and have seen them for 30 or 40 UK pounds
at rally stalls.

73 Dave, G4AON
K1 #1154, K2 #1892
www.astromag.co.uk/k2/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Martin AC6RM" <elecraft@ac6rm.net>
To: <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 3:42 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] K2 Alignment Sequence:


> If one were to take possession of a used K2, along with its manual, and
> you wanted to align it all the best you possibly could:
>
> 1.  Would you align each part of the radio in the same sequence that the
> construction manual calls for alignment?  Or is there a better sequence?
>
> 2.  Given spectogram and a noise generator, is there a better way to
> align, for example, the IF than is explained in the manual?  It's clear
> how well spectogram and a noise generator will help you align the filters,
> but what about the other stuff?  The bandpass area, IF, etc.
>
> Tks es 73, Martin AC6RM k2/100#3021