[Elecraft] Q: Building the K2

[pa3gyu]

Tom WB2QDG wrote:
> >  Yes the basic K2 with the ATU also has 2 antenna jacks.  I also put a
> > dummy load on 'Ant 2', I can't tell you how many times I tried to auto
> > tune into an empty 'Ant 2', before I finally caught >  on.

Been there, done that, still do it occasionally....

As I seldom have my K2 at full power, I ended up using a 50 ohm 
'terminator' on 'Ant2'. It looks like a BNC connector and has a small chain 
that you can screw down so you can't loose it. In the old days these were 
used to terminate 50 ohm Ethernet networks. I'm not sure about the power 
they are supposed to be able to handle, but this particular one has 
survived many of my attempts to tune 'Ant2' ....

Bart de PA3GYU.