[Elecraft] K2 number 3354 lives

[Stephen John Farthing]

Hi Everybody,

    My K2 sn 3354 lives....thank you to everyone on the reflector for 
helping me debug the couple of problems I have had along the way. If I 
may make a comment about Page 74 in the manual TX alignment -

I found it curious that once the RX had been set up one has to repeat 
the same procedure for TX alignment. In my case when aligning the TX for 
20 Meters the output power went haywire after I set C21 and C23 to their 
mid point settings and started adjusting L8 and L9.  To cut a long story 
short I went back to the RX pre alignment stage and set C21 and C23, L8 
and L9 for maximum signal strength. Then I returned to Tx Alignment 
without changing the settings...the tx power was stable at 2 watts...I 
then checked all of the other bands for tx power without altering the 
settings from Rx and all seems to be well...i.e 2 watts on the POWER 
control, 2 watts out...on the Motorola test set. So I do not intend to 
carry out any TX alignment...unless someone can explain why I should.

BTW on all bands the MDS is in excess of the quoted -135DBm - assuming 
the calibration on the Motorola test set is good I get readable signals 
at -137 dBm.

Lastly I would just like to thank everyone at Elecraft for such a fine 
kit. It has been really been a lot of fun building the K2 and I have 
learned a lot along the way....thanks guys....now to start work on the 
option kits....The K2 is in the shack tuned in to a contest on 40 
meters...and coping very well...I wish my morse was up to it...

73

Steve G0XAR