[Elecraft] K2 vs. Drake 2B - New vs. classic.

[Mike Harris]

G'day,

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Bad:  The tone of the 2B is noticeably smoother and purer than the K2. 
The K2, while it has a good S/N ratio, has a bit of a hollow tone and a 
bit of a raspy or bearly edgey CW tone.  The 2B is very pure sine wave. 
Very mellow, very nice to listen to.
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This has troubled me for quite a while.  Sometimes all CW sigs seem to 
have a harsh tone and then you tune into another station that is a pure 
note, very odd.  Also the chirpy signals seem to be a nice note, albeit 
varying.  I'm beginning to wonder if there is a harsh note built into some 
of the modern synth rigs.  SSB sounds OK.

The harmonic of the 4MHz oscillator up on 10M sounds OK, and is a bit of a 
reality check.  However, that is a single tone, there might be some 
problem with the af when a lot of signals are present within the passband.

I tend to run the af gain pretty low and have the KDSP2 installed.

Maybe someone suitably equipped could investigate the af situation.

Regards,

Mike VP8NO