[Elecraft] K2 What mods during assembly?

[Don Wilhelm]

Jeff,

All the mods that have an 'official' Elecraft blessing are included in 
the K2 kit already.
There is also a large list of other 'special purpose' mods that one can 
add - for instance one can order the board for my K2 Fixed Audio Output 
from Tom Hammond N0SS (www.n0ss.net), or you can build and add my CW PTT 
for the K2 if you have need for that.  Many others are in a similar 
classification - determine your needs and pick and chose accordingly.
 
One thing I do on a KSB2 build that I would recommend is to ground the 
crystals on the sides, near the base - it is not difficult if you plan 
the order of mounting the crystals with this in mind and mount the 
crystals one at a time, then solder the ground wire.

73,
Don W3FPR

W7BRS wrote:
>
> As I wait patiently for my K2 kit to arrive I am wondering if the list 
> could chime in with opinion about what mods and/or options are best to 
> install DURING initial construction of the K2?
>
> Before I get the flood of email telling me to  build the stock K2 
> first then add the options, I know.  I'm talking about the mods that 
> you wished you had known about prior to starting K2 building so you 
> could save one or two rounds of case-opening or old-work mods to the 
> board(s).
>
> I plan on building the K2 stock, plain, first.  Test, calibrate, 
> etc..  then build and install the SSB option, test, calibrate, etc.. 
> Then operate it for a while before I think of the PA/AT options.  But 
> browsing the Elecraft website for the copious mods out there for the 
> K2, I began to wonder if there was better sense in putting in _some_ 
> of the critical/important mods to the RF/FP board during initial 
> construction.
>
> If this has already been covered in a FAQ, please accept my apologies 
> for wasting the bandwidth (and send me the URL to the FAQ? ;-))
>
> Thanks,
>
> -jeff
>