[Elecraft] K2 Frequency Calibration

Sat Dec 17 21:02:50 EST 2005

All,

Thanks for the input.  By following the instructions from the inputs I 
received, I was able to calibrate K2.   I'm all set.  Thanks for the help.

Sam
N2MXY

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>Today's Topics:
>
>    1. RE: FW: K2/100 SWR accuracy (Dan Barker)
>    2. PBMME Merry Christmas! (Edward R. Breneiser)
>    3. Grab a K6XX CW Indicator WPM+ Option Kit (Edward R. Breneiser)
>    4. WA3WSJ: Need Info about SMD LED Installed in KX1
>       (Edward R. Breneiser)
>    5. K1 setback... (Tom Althoff)
>    6. K1 Future Improvements to VFO D3, R17,	R18 any one tried??
>       (Paul Webb)
>    7. Attaching sides to K2 RF board (jrb)
>    8. RE: Attaching sides to K2 RF board (Don Wilhelm)
>    9. RE: Attaching sides to K2 RF board (Craig Rairdin)
>   10. RE: Attaching sides to K2 RF board (Kevin Shaw)

>From: "Dan Barker" <dbarker at visioncomm.net>
>To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: RE: [Elecraft] FW: K2/100 SWR accuracy
>Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 08:35:37 -0500
>Be sure you are talking Apples and Apples here. There may be an Orange in
>the mix!
>
>The responses you've gotten for calabrating your SWR to match the external
>meters are assuming you are putting your tuner in bypass mode. You didn't
>say that, and may not be doing so. What you said was "press[] TUNE". The K2
>SWR meter will normally read the SWR between the Radio and the Tuner. Your
>external meters will read the SWR between the Tuner and the Antenna.
>
>There may be nothing wrong at all.
>
>Dan / WG4S / K2 #2456
>
><snip>
>You might want to adjust the KPA100's R26 and R27 to agree with your
>external
>meters.
></snip>
>
>
><snip>
> > When SWR is measured using a MFJ 962 tuner, a Daiwa 101N meter, a Bird
> > 43, Autek RF-1, or a MFJ 249 analyzer, the indicated SWR is always 
>higher
> > than that shown on the K2.
> >
> > For example, pressing TUNE on the K2 may indicate a 1.0:1, but the other
> > meters all consistently indicate a value significantly higher - lets
> > say 1.4:1
></snip>
>
>

>From: "Edward R. Breneiser" <breneiser at dejazzd.com>
>To: <PolarBearQRP at yahoogroups.com>
>CC: atrail at yahoogroups.com, elecraft at mailman.qth.net,N3EPA 
><epa-qrp at yahoogroups.com>, njqrp at njqrp.org
>Subject: [Elecraft] PBMME Merry Christmas!
>Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 09:49:23 -0500
>Hello all,
>
>I was asked if repeater contacts are ok for the PB Xmas Event.
>Yes, any mode of communication is ok with me.
>If you can use two tin cans and a loooong string, go for it!
>This is meant to be a FUN event. There's only ONE restriction on
>operating as a Polar Bear. You MUST operate from the highest ground in
>your area during this event. No set rules here, just try to get some
>elevation under your feet.
>
>Hope to put you in my Polar Bear Log this Saturday. Don't forget to send
>in those pictures of your Polar Bear Operation.
>
>As always, the first contact I make on Saturday will receive a polar
>bear claw replica with your call sign engraved into it and a hole
>drilled into it so you can put it on your keychain. It looks so COOL!
>
>72,
>Ed, WA3WSJ
>Polar Bear #1
>
>
>

>From: "Edward R. Breneiser" <breneiser at dejazzd.com>
>To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: [Elecraft] Grab a K6XX CW Indicator WPM+ Option Kit
>Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:17:46 -0500
>Hello all,
>
>Check out my web page for the
>K6XX CW Indicator LED in the WPM+ button.
>Click on the links for some great install pictures.
>If you want a look go to:
>
>http://www.wa3wsj.com/K6XX/K6XXwpmLED.html
>
>72,
>Ed, WA3WSJ
>
>
>

>From: "Edward R. Breneiser" <breneiser at dejazzd.com>
>To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: [Elecraft] WA3WSJ: Need Info about SMD LED Installed in KX1
>Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:24:07 -0500
>Hello all,
>
>Has anyone installed a SMD LED for the K6XX CW Indicator in a KX1?
>If so, could you send me some info about your install and a few pics
>to put on my website for others to see.
>
>72,
>Ed, WA3WSJ
>
>
>

>From: "Tom Althoff" <althoff at verizon.net>
>To: "Elecraft" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: [Elecraft] K1 setback...
>Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 14:55:50 -0500
>Well...my tilt stand and backlight kit arrived today which I ordered AFTER 
>I had ordered my K1 and some parts to repair my K2/100/AT.
>
>My disappointment?   For some reason the order for the K1 and the K2 
>replacement parts did NOT get shipped out last Friday as originally 
>planned.  8-(
>
>They are going to do it today.   Hopefully they'll have it overnighted for 
>delivery tomorrow or Saturday at the latest.  In the mean time I added the 
>auto-tuner to the order.
>
>I assembled the tilt stand a few minutes ago.   I suppose having looked at 
>the photo on the Elecraft website so many times that showed the long 
>support arms in place I was pleasantly surprised that "wide range" meant  
>there were another pair of shorter support bars that just tilt the radio up 
>to a normal viewing angle when placed on the desktop.   I assembled the 
>EC-1 project enclosure and mounted it on the tilt stand just to get an idea 
>of how I want to operate.
>
>I plan on building a long-life battery pack into the EC-1 and perhaps set 
>the K2 on top of it instead of using the tilt stand.
>
>So I am QRT unless those K2 parts and the K1 arrive in time for the 
>weekend.  Oh well.  Time to make up some fused power cables for mobile and 
>portable operation of my K2.
>
>Tom K2TA
>K2 #1117
>K1 #????
>
>

>From: "Paul Webb" <m0bmn at yahoo.co.uk>
>To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: [Elecraft] K1 Future Improvements to VFO D3, R17, R18 any one 
>tried??
>Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 23:06:09 -0000
>Hi Gang
>
>Just reading page 59 of the K1 manual and it talks about provisions for
>improvements to the VFO temperature compensation
>
>And the use of D3, R17 and R18.
>
>Anyone tried this out and done any before and after tests.
>
>I would be most interested to see if it made any difference, if no one as
>tried it anyone know a reason why not to try it or I will
>
>Have a play
>
>
>
>All the best
>
>Paul
>
>M0BMN
>
>
>

>From: jrb <jrbee at best.com>
>To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [Elecraft] Attaching sides to K2 RF board
>Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 17:08:16 -0800
>Hello All and Merry Xmas
>
>Can't figure out where I went wrong here. Attached two 2-D fasteners  to 
>one bare area and one
>"unbare" area as per locations pictured  on page 38. Yet when I went  to 
>attach the sides to the RF
>board, the only holes that fit are the "bare" ones, one of which I've  
>attached a 2-D fastener to.
>
>Have I confused left with right sides and attached the fasteners to  one of 
>the bare areas in error?
>i.e. do the formerly masked areas go on the bottom, not the top?
>
>Sorry to be so dense, but the manual is really unclear here, unless  the 
>stippled areas in the figures are the
>bare areas.
>
>TIA
>
>Jeff
>
>KG6ZVT
>

>From: "Don Wilhelm" <w3fpr at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: w3fpr at arrl.net
>To: "jrb" <jrbee at best.com>, <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Attaching sides to K2 RF board
>Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:43:57 -0500
>Jeff,
>
>Yes, the long rectangular bare area (previously masked) will go at the
>bottom.  The other mouning holes may (or may not be) masked, but if masked
>they will be short rectangular areas.
>
>Remove the 2D connector from the bare area, then look at the diagrams
>carefully.
>The words in the paragraph above the diagrams use the 'bare areas' only as
>an indicator that the panels are oriented correctly - and is shown as the
>long rectangular light shaded area in the diagrams - the 2D connectors are
>to be positioned as shown by the dark shaded areas, there will be one at 
>the
>top corner (above the bare area) and the other will be at the back -
>centered vertically.
>
>The 2D connectors that are already fitted to the RF Board will attach to 
>the
>bare area when you get everything together.
>
>73,
>Don W3FPR
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > Can't figure out where I went wrong here. Attached two 2-D fasteners
> > to one bare area and one
> > "unbare" area as per locations pictured  on page 38. Yet when I went
> > to attach the sides to the RF
> > board, the only holes that fit are the "bare" ones, one of which I've
> > attached a 2-D fastener to.
> >
> > Have I confused left with right sides and attached the fasteners to
> > one of the bare areas in error?
> > i.e. do the formerly masked areas go on the bottom, not the top?
> >
> > Sorry to be so dense, but the manual is really unclear here, unless
> > the stippled areas in the figures are the
> > bare areas.
> >
> >
>
>

>From: "Craig Rairdin" <craigr at laridian.com>
>To: "'Elecraft Reflector'" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>,<jrbee at best.com>
>Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Attaching sides to K2 RF board
>Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 19:42:46 -0600
>Take a look at the pictures at my Web site and see if that helps:
>
>http://www.craigr.com/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=32
>
>There's one picture for each page in the manual, generally taken at the end
>of the tasks for that page. The one for page 39 looks like it might help.
>
>Craig
>NZ0R
>K1 #1966
>K2/100 #4941
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of jrb
>Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 7:08 PM
>To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [Elecraft] Attaching sides to K2 RF board
>
>
>Hello All and Merry Xmas
>
>Can't figure out where I went wrong here. Attached two 2-D fasteners
>to one bare area and one
>"unbare" area as per locations pictured  on page 38. Yet when I went
>to attach the sides to the RF
>board, the only holes that fit are the "bare" ones, one of which I've
>attached a 2-D fastener to.
>
>Have I confused left with right sides and attached the fasteners to
>one of the bare areas in error?
>i.e. do the formerly masked areas go on the bottom, not the top?
>
>Sorry to be so dense, but the manual is really unclear here, unless
>the stippled areas in the figures are the
>bare areas.
>
>TIA
>
>Jeff
>
>KG6ZVT
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>From: "Kevin Shaw" <kmshaw at tampabay.rr.com>
>To: <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>CC: 'jrb' <jrbee at best.com>
>Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Attaching sides to K2 RF board
>Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:47:13 -0500
>Hi Jeff,
>
>I'm about 10 pages ahead of you in building my K2.
>
>Sounds like you have the 2-D fasteners in the wrong spot(s). If you have 
>the
>side (left or right) laying on the table with the inside surface facing up
>and the two "bare" areas toward you, the 2-D fasteners attach to the holes
>at the top left (or right) corner and the right (or left) side.
>
>I hope this makes sense. If not, let me know and I'll send you a picture.
>
>Kevin
>N8IQ\4
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of jrb
>Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 8:08 PM
>To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [Elecraft] Attaching sides to K2 RF board
>
>Hello All and Merry Xmas
>
>Can't figure out where I went wrong here. Attached two 2-D fasteners
>to one bare area and one
>"unbare" area as per locations pictured  on page 38. Yet when I went
>to attach the sides to the RF
>board, the only holes that fit are the "bare" ones, one of which I've
>attached a 2-D fastener to.
>
>Have I confused left with right sides and attached the fasteners to
>one of the bare areas in error?
>i.e. do the formerly masked areas go on the bottom, not the top?
>
>Sorry to be so dense, but the manual is really unclear here, unless
>the stippled areas in the figures are the
>bare areas.
>
>TIA
>
>Jeff
>
>KG6ZVT
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