[Elecraft] K2 4786 Has been Born!

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Was "baptized" tonight with a QSO from Allentown, PA to Clearview, FL 
with K4IBZ on about 7034.3 kHz.  Thanks, Bill!  Signal was strong and in 
the clear just after midnight east coast time.  Bill was definitely 599 
here and he gave me a 589 while I was running 5 W (I know, it is 
overkill).  Why was I on 7.034 instead of 7.040?  Well, I've been 
rockbound there with my SmallWonderLabs RockMite (RM-40) for the past 
year now, so it was refreshing to tune around and be able to call 
somebody who was just finishing up a QSO and started calling CQ rather 
than waiting for somebody to wonder around to 7.040 or answer my CQ 
there.  Don't worry, I'll be back often, it has a special fondness in my 
heart, although I'll be wondering around a bit now too elsewhere on 40m 
(and 80 and 30 and 20 ...). 

Had a frustrating night doing frequency calibration & filter CAL FIL 
setup and alignment.  Not sure why it was so frustrating.  C22 didn't 
seem to adjust the frequency display as I thought it would, but 
eventually I think I got things tuned in on frequency, at least for now 
they are within about 0.2 kHz, which is off a heck of a lot more than I 
would like, but it is closer than it was. When I put a new L31 in to get 
more PLL range (my 10 uH only gave me 9.1 kHz) I'll have to spend more 
time with it then.  In the meantime I'll have fun playing, and building 
the other modules that will be going in soon.. 

I may take the rig along for the Polar Bear Moonlight Madness event on 
Friday with the EPA QRP Club and use it instead of the FT-100 mobile 
rig.  Check out:

http://www.wa3wsj.com/files/PolarBear2005.html

for more info on Friday's event.  See if you can work me with my new 
K2!  Of course this means I'll be doing more on CW instead of phone.

Mark, NK8Q
K2 4786