[Elecraft] Re: K2 (ssb)

[Tim O'Rourke]

I have had opposite experience. I use mine (Serial 8XX) on both ssb and cw. I have had excellent audio reports and busted lots of pileups with 5-10 watts ssb due to excellent audio quality. I do have a small preamp on the back of the mic connector and I use all Heil mics.
I believe a K2 properly set up has no compromises on SSB.
Tim O'Rourke W4YN

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Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 21:31:27 -0700
From: "DW Holtman" <tubestuff at comcast.net>
Subject: [Elecraft] K2
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Hello,

I have a K1, which I like. I was thinking about getting a K2 while waiting 
for my K3 (ordered 27 Dec). I went to the E-ham web page and read some of 
the reviews. There are a lot of people who really do not think too much of 
the K2. One or two might be some crack pot, but there are a whole bunch of 
not happy users. All of the magazine reviews seem to love it.

Comments on why the ratings have so many unhappy K2 users? The worst are the 
users using the K2/100 and most complaints seem to be it's ability on SSB. I
guess it was originally designed for a CW rig, so don't expect good 
performance on SSB?. The reports on the K1 and K3 are glowing.


Tim O'Rourke 
W4YN at ARRL.Net
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