[Elecraft] K2 keying bandwith reduction -- update

Fri Nov 28 12:53:00 2003

Sounds to me like the fix is almost here. Maybe we'll have it all in
and working for the ARRL DX. Will get the DSP in place also and try
little beastie out at a multi/multi contest station.

All in good time.

For a single pair of engineers, Eric and Wayne are turning out new
products and improvements at an incredible pace. Anyone who thinks
they are slow just doesn't know how much work is involved.

Need to figure out what they eat for breakfast and send some of that
to Yaesu.

73, Guy.

----- Original Message ----- 
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To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 11:10 AM
Subject: SPAM:(L3) Re: [Elecraft] K2 keying bandwith reduction -- 
update

> N0SS commented that despite quite a bit of time with his K2, he
hadn't
> gotten any reports of key clicks.
>
> I used my FT-1000MP on CW for over three years and never got a
report of
> key clicks with it, either.  When the MP's key clicks became known
via
> e-mail reflectors, I checked mine for clicks and, sure enough, it
had bad
> clicks up to +/- 2.5 kHz of the transmitted signal.  Within a short
time
> of finding this out, I installed the W8JI key click mod and the rig
is
> clean now.
>
> All unmodified MPs are now known to be notorious for clicks, but I
was
> unaware of mine for several years because nobody complained.
>
> The moral of the story is: Don't assume that your K2 is clean
because
> nobody has complained.
>
> My K2 has clicks +/- 1.5 kHz, which is bad, but nobody has yet
> complained.  I'm eager to do the new mod that Wayne has worked up so
that
> I can operate CW with the K2 and know that I'm not bothering others
on
> the air.
>
> 73, de Earl, K6SE
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