[Elecraft] New K2 Owner

[Don Wilhelm]

Gene,

For your first question, yes you need to align the filters in the K2.  
It is actually an easy process, but is best done using Spectrogram as an 
aid to visually see when the filter passbands are positioned correctly 
at your chosen sidetone pitch.  You will need the internal counter probe 
to do that job.  Hopefully the prior owner supplied that with the K2.  
You may want to do the whole frequency calibration process while you are 
at it.
For an explanation of the process see the K2 Dial Calibration article on 
my website www.w3fpr.com - it includes both the dial calibration and the 
filter alignment.

As for the other questions, well, that is just the way the K2 works, so 
you will have to eitehr get used to it or develop work-arounds that work 
for you.

73,
Don W3FPR

Eugene Balinski wrote:
> All,
>
> I just acquired a (new to me) K2/100. It is a phenomenal
> little radio.
>
> The manual is not the clearest I have seen, so I do have a
> few questions.
>
> 1) When I tune in a CW station and narrow the CW filter
> with XFIL switch, I need to re-tune the radio to recenter
> the signal. Is this an issue with the alignment,
> or are there other settings that may be in play ?
>
> 2) Memories. How does one toggle between the memories and
> the VFOs ? I would like to load the 60M frequencies in the
> memories and be able to toggle back to the VFOs for general
> operation.
>
> 3) VFO Mode track. When changing the VFO from A - B, the
> mode does not change. In other words, if I have CW mode on
> VFO A, and I swap to VFO B, the modes remains CW until I
> manually change it to SSB. If I change the VFO back to VFO
> A, the mode will stay SSB and does not return to CW as was
> first entered. Is this normal for this rig ? 
>
> 4) I understand that there is a preferred replacement for
> the main tuning knob from Kenwood ?   Can someone point me
> in the right direction ? 
>
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> 73
> Gene K1NR
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