[Elecraft] Which Mods Are Applicable??

[Donald Nesbitt]

Hello Jim - not to worry - you don't have to make ANY mods to ". . .  make a
new radio work."  My K2 is serial number 2028 (a few years old) and I DIDN'T
HAVE to make any mods to it.  It worked just great as it was!  That is not
to say that I have not made any - in fact. I've made a bunch but only
because I wanted it to be "current" with the latest ones.   If you get one
now, almost all the "mods" that you have read about are already a part of
the "new" radio!

Keep in mind that most of the "regulars" on the reflector have a propensity
for tinkering with the rig in an effort to make it even better.  (Elecraft
even encourages you to do that - amazing!) The terrific part of the Elecraft
Community is that when someone comes up with something that truly improves
the radio, Wayne and Eric are very interested in incorporating it into the
new ones and providing for modifications of the older ones.

Aside from the fact that the K2 is simply a superb radio, the sense of
"community" and "responsiveness" of the "company" are the best benefits that
I can think of and almost without equal in the industry.  As an example,
consider the Yaesu 1000 series (yes, I have the Mark V - and a couple of
other "high end" rigs as well - in addition to my K2) - there has been a
problem with the noise blanker generating nasty artifacts in the passband in
the presence of strong signals for a long time (at least 10 years) - and -
the "cure" has been equally well known for almost as long!  It's a simple
220 ohm resistor that is moved from one point and connected at another -
and - to this day Yaesu has still not made this simple production change to
the brand new Mark V's in the supply chain!  Maybe it will appear in their
new FTDX-9000 series - maybe!  I have an idea the had this been the case
with the K2, it would have quickly appeared in the latest kits, the
"community" would have been alerted, and a "mod" would have been made
available!

No, I'm not an employee of the company nor do I have any monetary interest
in it - I'm just an experienced ham (48 years on the air) and DXer (345
confirmed!) who really loves what Elecraft has done both technically and
more importantly in truly "putting the fun back in ham radio."

Come on it Jim - the water's fine :-)  73 es gud dx -- Don N4HH
K2/100/KAT100, etc. etc!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Harris" <ab0uk at yahoo.com>
To: "Elecraft" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 4:29 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Which Mods Are Applicable??

<SNIP>

> In trying to cover all be bases before order a K2 with
> many of the bells and whistles I've found reference to
> "modifications."  In reviewing the elecraft website
> I've found a listing of something like 50
> modifications.

 <SNIP>

>It appears I could spend a hundred
> dollars or more on modifications to make a new radio
> work.  That could wreck my radio budget.
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> Jim, AB0UK



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