[Elecraft] K2 #4086 Has a New Home

[Clark L. Stewart]

Today the postman brought K2 #4086 to its new home in Scott Depot, WV.  It=
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came with KSB2 and K160RX modules installed.

This K2 (as a kit) was shipped on March 3, 2004, to Frank, W6NEK, and three=
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weeks later it is mine.  When I first turned it on using just the center=20
conductor of a 10-foot piece of coax thrown across the bed as an antenna, I=
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heard HK=D8GU on 12-M CW.  A quick run to the shack netted me a new=20
band-country courtesy of the K2.

If you ever have an opportunity to own a piece of equipment built by W6NEK,=
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jump at the chance.  This radio looks like it was mass-produced.  Frank has=
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done a most professional job in building it and it plays beautifully.  If=20
he puts anything else up for sale, you may just be bidding against me as=20
I've never seen such fine work.

K2 #4086 will be the Big Brother to K2 #3488 which is slowly coming to life=
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on my work bench and providing me with hours of enjoyment already.  I can't=
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wait though to try out #4086 in the WPX contest this weekend.

CUL, 73, Clark, W8TN


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