[Elecraft] K2 - DSP - Impressive

[David Wilburn]

I have had the DSP for the K2 now for some time.  I have to admit, I got the 
instructions out the first couple times I played with it, but I did not quite 
"get it" as far as the settings and the menu choices, and just kinda left things 
alone.

Over the intervening weeks, when I would get on SSB to chat with friends  I kept 
tinkering with it, and trying different settings (it didn't really seem to need 
to be fiddled with on CW).  Eventually I had the thing so screwed up, that it 
was more of a hindrance than a help.

So I broke down and printed out a section of the manual (I'm more of a soft copy 
kinda guy, but don't what to start that thread up again) and sat down at the 
radio to try and get the DSP back to all of its default settings.  Now, as it 
turns out, reading through the manual, it is not abundantly obvious (for some of 
us denser folks) how to do this, but when I read a bit, and tinkered a bit, I 
worked through it just fine.  Except for SSB #1 and the LowPass settings, I 
couldn't make that happen.

Once I worked through all of the settings for each filter setup, I learned quite 
a bit.  As many have said before me, this is a VERY impressive DSP.  I did not 
fully understand the capabilities and settings till now.  It is definitely worth 
the investment of time to learn.

I even broke down and read through Lyle's "Design Considerations for the KDSP". 
  As always, great stuff.  Thanks again Elecraft.  Not only do you supply great 
equipment, but your documentation gives explanations of how the equipment works, 
thus we become more knowledgeable operators.  Thanks, and great job!

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David Wilburn
dave.wilburn at verizon.net
K4DGW
K2 #5982