[Elecraft] K2 #5237 alive

[jo benoit]

hello elecrafters,
I ordered my K2 kit on dec 3th
it was sent off to me on dec 4 th
I had to wait till dec 27th for it to arrive here
because it was held up in customs. Had to pay 21% VAT
and 5% income tax.
But in the meantime, I had a lot of time to browse the
email reflector archive, and this was very helpful and
interesting.
The kit was fun to assemble.
I liked very much :
- the manual is very well layed out.
- the resistors in order of use.
- the modular system.
- the built in freq. counter and voltmeter.
- the milimeters between brackets where inches are
mentioned.
- the finger dimple ( I ordered a second one for my
TS-850 ..)
- Allignment was easy with the Xg2 signal generator
and N-gen and the spectrogram software.
- I did a complete inventory before I started and I
was glad I did.
- the way the construction is split up in phases , and
you can test parts before everything is finished.
- The result is really fantastic: stable and relyable
tx and very good rx...
 
The pitch is set to 580Hz which is near enough to a D.
My guitar tuner is used as a help for zero beat. I
find it difficult to zero beat with the spot function.

The main Tuning knob is OK with the finger dimple, but
still a bit going up and down,  I think the hole is
too large for the shaft, and this gives a bit of
excentricity.

I didn't use the tilt bar, the K2 is on top of my
TS850S which is already tilted. 

The fast rate is far too fast for me , I would have
prefered 200steps and not 100.

I miss a built-in SWR meter but no problem, I had one
on the shelf so put it back to use.

My first qso was with IZ0DQZ/qrp on 14 mc.

I have been building many kits. I have been a ham
since 1965 , and this is the best kit I ever built. 
Thanks  and 73 to all , looking forward to meeting you
on the air.
joe  
on5ao K2#5237




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