[Elecraft] K-2: my perosnal experience

[Johnny Siu]

Hello Nick,
 
Glad to share your experience.  In fact, I addict to kit building since my 1st K2 #1146.  Through out the years, I built a lot of K2 for other hams, not for profit but for the fun of kit building.  My latest K2 is just several numbers before yours.
 
Both K2 and K3 are expensive if you add up ALL the options.  Bearing in mind, radio gears in Hong Kong are far cheaoer. However, I appeciate the price premium is paid for the fun of kit building and radio knowledge learnt.  Of course, their support is excellent.
 
Enjoy your new toy and see you on the air.
 
73
 
Johnny VR2XMC

--- 2009年1月5日 星期一，VK2DX <nick at clockmaker.com.au> 寫道﹕

寄件人: VK2DX <nick at clockmaker.com.au>
主題: [Elecraft] K-2: my perosnal experience
收件人: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
日期: 2009 1 5 星期一 上午 8:09

The K-2 was ordered on December 17th and No. 6653 arrived 3 days later.
I have to say I did not know what to expect- I was just looking for
'something' to keep me busy during the summer holiday (I am located in
Australia). 
Well let me just say that I got my money worth of pleasure
even before the radio was completed! 

I am a master watchmaker by trade so I can not comment on electronic aspect
of K-2.
However from the mechanical perspective the kit surpassed all expectations.
The quality of instruction manual, PCBs, relays, connectors, individual
components is just amazing.
Everything fitted together perfectly and I got the radio working in a first
go!
The bit that I enjoy the most is winding of toroids. I love the magic
of radio "getting alive", especially when LCD flashed Elecraft for
the first
time.
And most importantly I've learned a lot!

Since English is not my first language, I'll keep this rapport brief.

I took 175 photos of assembly process,
including on-air test :http://vk1aa.com/K2/k2.html

The very first contact made was with JE1RZR over the distance of 9,250 Km on
14,054 MHz. (Manabu was operating K-2/100 !). Few minutes later under rather
poor band condition I also worked FK8DD, BV7, ZL1. Just after my sunset, I
had a lovely QSO on 40m with another JA1 and ZL2- all with 5W out into
home-made vertical antenna.

I would like to thank Wayne and Eric for such a wonderful experience
and to many of you on Elecraft forum for your unselfish assistance to Ham
community.

73, Nick VK2DX 
Sydney - Australia.
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