[Elecraft] K2: Is Inventory really a necessity?

[John Fritze]

"DETAILED INVENTORY"?

No.  However I am a pretty experienced builder/home brewer which may
have influenced my decision.  My inventory consisted of separating
things like hardware, resisters, electrolytic caps, etc, into large
piles of like parts PER ASSEMBLY section.  I did this using a
commercial egg carton (has 30 depressions) I picked up from a local
diner.  I built 1 assembly at a time, leaving the  remaining
assemblies still in their unopened packaging.

If you notice, the instructions have you put all (or a bunch of) the
resisters in at once, or all the caps.  When I got to that particular
step I would then detail inventory before performing that step.  Then
I would solder all the parts at once.

I also found a couple of parts missing BUT, since I had bought 2 K2s
at once, I took the parts from the second one, to complete the step in
the first one.  So for me no waiting for parts being sent.  However,
even if I did not have that luxury, the replacements came very fast
without question.

My K2 has all options except the 100W amp (I only wanted mine for
QRP), so it's pretty full in there!  So out of the 1000s of parts I
received I was amazed at how well these kits are packed.

John
K2QY