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

[Patrick Bourgeois]

Congratulation on finishing that kit, I have recently finished a K2 myself I just ordered the SSB, and Audio Filter for mine, they have not come in yet.  The K2 has very good "ears", enjoy it before you get that K3.

73

KE5EBS
Patrick Bourgeois
 

> From: rfreeman52 at msn.com
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 21:46:19 -0500
> Subject: [Elecraft] K2  S/N 05143 is on the air!
> 
> 
> 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
> 
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