[Elecraft] K2 Frequency adjustment

[Tom Hammond]

Nick:

>Got my K2 on the air on CW and SSB and many thanks to those who have 
>helped me.
>
>I now need to get the frequency reading accurately - cannot hear WWV 
>here (today at least) so would appreciate advice on simple means of 
>adjusting C22 accurately. Currently the K" reads 0.28 KHz high 
>compared to my FT2000.
>Second point - just installed NB - I seem to have more noise with 
>the preamp than previously even when off. Does this observation ring 
>any bells or is it my paranoid imagination?
>
>Thanks again - esp to Elecraft who got a noise generator kit to me 
>in 6 days over the Easter break - pretty good for Ca to UK. Helped a 
>lot with filter adjustments.

If your TS-2000 is capable of generating RF output at 10.000MHz, you 
now have your own BUILT-IN WWV!!!  Turn the POWER on the TS-2000 to 
ZERO or as far down as it can go. Set the TS-2000 to TX (AM mode if 
available) on 10.000.00 MHz. Transmit into a dummyload, and you're 
good to go!  Follow the docs for aligning to WWV at 10MHz.

If that doesn't work, but IF the TS-2000 offers a 100kHz (or 1MHz) 
xtal cal. use it as a sign gen, with a short 'sense' antenna 
connected to the K2 and capacitively coupled to the TS-2000's ANT 
jack (should be enough for the K2 to hear the xtal calib.  Still a 
source of accurate 10MHz signal.

Cheers,

Tom Hammond    N0SS