[Elecraft] #3716 Here

[Michael D. Heit KD7YLA]

Hello Terry,
 I am just arriving at the same stage you are at with your K2, I too 
have about all the options except the 100 watt amp and the DSP options. 
I am sticking very close to the manual so I should be able to tell in 
the next day or so whether the SSB option makes a difference. I have not 
built that option yet. I did put in the pins for the audio processor 
option, and used jumpers in place of the soldered in jumpers per the 
manual, other than that, it is "right out of the book" construction. 
I'll watch with interest any replies posted on this list for you ...
73, Mike KD7YLA

Terry Schieler wrote:

>Hi again everyone.
>
>Well, old #3716 is starting to look like a real K2 radio.  Two quick (well,
>com'on, you really wouldn't read them if I said they were long and wordy
>now, would you?) questions for the group.
>
>Question 1:
>I have completed all the Alignment and Tests Part II successfully on pages
>57- 59 of the manual.   Upon reassembling the boards and powering up the rig
>to perform the Part II tests, I noticed that I now get a constant S-Meter
>reading of about a 5 on all bands with no antenna.  It may vary slightly,
>but it's pretty much a solid 5 bars on the LED meter for the most part.
>Last I remembered when I aligned the S Meter, I had no LED bars lit in the
>powered up but standby mode and RF gain at a max.  Was that because I didn't
>really have a "receiver" at that point?  Or, is there a problem.  Most rigs
>I've owned, have little or no S meter reading without an antenna.  I hear
>receiver noise on every band.  7.000 mHz seems to have a "signal" or tone of
>some sort that sounds different than the other bands.   All test procedures
>produce the required results at every point in the testing.  And, no smoke!
>
>Question 2:
>I purchased my K2 with the SSB and a few other add-on modules at the same
>time.  I went ahead and built the SSB adapter during the early stages of the
>K2 Construction (it was one of those rainy weekends where I just had the
>need to "accomplish" something).  Everything in the K2 manual seems geared
>to finishing the K2 as a CW only rig, then adding the SSB adapter later.
>Now it seems that I might have been better off to install the SSB adapter at
>some earlier point to avoid having to desolder and remove all the other
>jumpers and unnecessary components not used with the SSB adapter.  Maybe the
>K2 doesn't align per the book if it is built with the SSB adapter installed
>earlier?  But, I could envision a point in the construction manual that
>would say "If you already have it and plan to use it, build and install the
>SSB adapter now".
>
>Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>
>73,
>
>Terry, W�FM
>
>
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73, de Michael Heit KD7YLA
"Real Hams do it at a high frequency"


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