[Elecraft] RE: 2. Re: K2 SSB TX Alignment Tools Proposal

[Web Williams]

I may be oversimplifying the problem, but here's my experience
in aligning my K2. I happened to remember reading some very
old QST articles about a device used to get stations precisely on
the net control's frequency during net operations. It was a very
simple 1KHz tone generator. The NCS station was supposed
to send out a 1KHz tone, and net stations would listen on frequency
while at the same time, playing a 1KHz tone at their location. This
would allow stations to zero-beat the NCS station, thereby being
precisely on the NCS station's frequency. So- here's what I did.
I found a tone generation program (freeware) on the internet that
allows you to play a precise frequency tone on your PC. I played
that tone into the microphone my Yaesu FT-847 which I knew to
be right on frequency. The FT-847 was connected to a dummy
load, and set for relatively low power (5 watts). The signal was
strong enough at the other end of my house (where I built my K2)
so that I could both hear the tone in the speaker of my K2 and at
the same time hear the tone emanating from my PC speakers at the
other end of the house. All I had to do was set my K2 on the same
frequency, zero-beat the tones, and that put me precisely on frequency.
(As close as my FT-847 was from the factory, anyhow.) It doesn't get
any easier than that! 73, -Web (KR4WM)