[Elecraft] Newborn K2 SN 5929

[Dave Mueller]

First, kudos to Eric, Wayne and everyone at Elecraft for an amazing product.  I hope I enjoy using 
the K2 as much as I did building it.  My New Year's resolution is to try and finish my WAS, I'd like 
to use the K2 and a straight key as much as possible.

K2 SN 5929 passed Alignment Part III Sunday evening, and is hearing on all bands (what there is to 
hear anyways).  I forgot that I never finished the KAT100, so I spent another hour on that.  My only 
HF antenna is a 300' loop that normally goes to the tuner in the TS450.  And then I had to finish 
and install the KIO2.  At 1AM I decided to leave the DB9 cable for Monday.

I've been building the options since last Christmas, so they're all ready to be plugged in after I 
check the basic K2.  I used the UnPCBs and the companion guide.  Yes, it's extra paper, but it's a 
nice product so I don't mind supporting those guys, and I'm not a fan of plated through holes ;-)

I managed to catch my mistakes before I reached each alignment section.  Nothing major; swapped a 
2.2uF and 22uF capacitor, put in a big RFC instead of a little one, and spent an hour 
troubleshooting a deaf receiver - when I reassembled after Part II, I plugged the NB UnPCB one pin 
over which broke the signal path.

73,
Dave AA3EE
K2 #5929 still "virgin"