[Elecraft] K2 FINISHED

[RICHARD MC KINNEY]

After weeding thru a few problems my K2 is up and running good.  So far I have not added any extra modules and the basic K2 is doing fine with on the air QSOs.  I will share my problems to maybe help some one keep from making same mistakes.  Don W3FPR was VERY helpful guiding me thru my problems.  I put C6 RF board in the wrong place.  The book says 2 outside terminals so I put it in the 2 closest to the outside of the case.. WRONG.  Then I lost the BFO because the 5 meg resistor across the coil was shorting it out.  Guess I pushed too hard on the tape I put over it.  I also installed T4 backwards which gave too much current drawn on Tx.  Now I'm building my extra modules and taking a break to have some fun on the air with the K2.  Great kit...fun to build...and good rig when done.  73  Rich WB4VFN