[Elecraft] Re: Building my K2 was so much fun. Now what?

Sat Nov 1 18:01:02 2003

I must have been looking at the S/N upside down.  It's really #3809.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walter Wilson" <[email protected]>
To: "Elecraft List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 5:48 PM
Subject: Building my K2 was so much fun. Now what?

> K2 #3806 was delivered Tuesday, and was fully completed and on the air
this
> morning (4 days later).  No problems building this one.  I had a small
wire
> from the BFO coil touching a nearby solder pad that I had to find, but
that
> was it.  All else went together without any problem.  But it was a big
> comfort factor going into this knowing that I had the safety net of this
> list if anything did go wrong.  I spent just under 25 hours total build
> time.  I don't necessarily like winding toroids, but I'm glad I did it all
> on this one.
>
> This was really a whole lot of fun.  I've not enjoyed my radio hobby this
> much for a long time.  Now that the building part is over, I guess it's
time
> to operate for a while.
>
> I have the SSB and Noise Blanker and 160 mtr kits (primarily for the
receive
> antenna), which I'll add as I get some more time.  I'm still debating
> between the DSP or Audio Filter options, as it seems there are some who
> prefer each of these.
>
> With S/N in the 3000+ range, are there any really important mods that I
> should think about making?
>
> BTW, another part of my radio hobby is restoring R-390 and R-390A
receivers.
> I have some pretty good examples of these at my operating position.  They
> have continually beaten anything I've had next to them over the years.
That
> is until now.  The K2 was able to pull out a weak SSB signal off 40 mtrs
> this morning that the R-390 could only tell was "in there."  I'm very
> impressed with this radio.
>
> Walter Wilson - KK4DF
> http://www.r-390a.us
>