[Elecraft] K2 - Best Practices - Optimization

[drewko1 at verizon.net]

I'd like to know of a good procedure for the IF Alignment (L34). I
tried it with Spectrogram but I really don't see any definite "best"
alignment point; same for doing it by ear.

As for the AGC Threshold adjustment... I read somewhere (sorry, i
forget who) that you should adjust it just to the point where turning
on the AGC does not result in a reduction of low-level rcvr noise (no
antenna). I tried this and it makes for a really hot receiver.

73,
Drew
AF2Z



On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:30:40 -0400, David Wilburn wrote:

>I have been using my K2 for a bit now.  I have done a couple of 
>alignments on it, as I learned lessons what I did not get quite right 
>previously.  I listen quite a bit more than I transmit.  I do ok around 
>15wpm, but I'm not quite happy with where I am, so I listen and work on 
>improving my copy.
>
>I have followed Tom and Don's alignments with Spectrogram, as I do not 
>have much in the way of test equipment.  I am at the point where I would 
>like to go back through and try it again, and play with the settings a 
>bit more, to get them to fit what I like, where I stayed near the 
>defaults previously.  I do have the XG2, the wide band noise generator.
>
>Additionally, I have played with the K2 quite a bit to understand how to 
>best use it to pull in marginal signals.  This is where best practices 
>would come in handy.  How do the folks that are more experienced, pull 
>them in?
>
>Has anyone done any write ups on optimizing the K2?  Anything on 
>settings for best pulling in the signals?
>
>Elecraft, thanks for the radio and the great forum.