[Elecraft] K2 S/N 05143 is on the air!

[RONALD R FREEMAN]

Hello to all:

I'm very happy to say that my K2 was completed and placed on the air this weekend.  I've been swapping spit with the big guns and getting 5-9 reports on 20 M!  The K2 is running at 8 watts.  I worked a bunch of stations in Florida and W1T off the coast of Maine.  I live in Nebraska.  The K2 has good ears!  Antenna is a 14' vertical with 43 radials.  Mic is a Heil GM-5.

I purchased this kit partly assembled and completed the work.  It has the SSB, DSP and Audio Filter boards in it.  Now, I am working on the K100 portion and still have the 60 M board to install.  Actually, I'm quite happy with the QRP and I want the Serial port on the K100 more than anything so I can run PSK.  The K100 came with the kit, so I might as well put it to work.

Next, I'll have to get a power supply big enough to handle the K100 as my present supply is a 30 year old VHF Engineering Regulated Power supply rated at 10 Amps.

Special thanks to Gary at Elecraft for helping me with a PLL problem.

I may have to sell this little bugger; I think I feel a K3 coming on :-)

73's and be looking for you on the air.

Ron   W0LPZ