[Elecraft] K2 APF implementation?

[Fred Jensen]

On 11/29/2010 11:10 AM, jeff martin wrote:
> Good points, Ron. And you have also answered my biggest concern with
> using the AF-1 as an external solution...finding a suitable enclosure
> (without actually rolling my own...I'm lazy, I guess!). The W8FGU
> enclosures are very cool! I am constantly amazed at the number of
> talented folks that have created neat products to enhance the
> Elecraft kits!

I have Dave's W1 enclosure and the dust cover for my Hexkey ... I was 
sort of his field tester.  They are indeed great.  When Rose made my K2 
field case, she arranged for a padded board on top of the K2 after it's 
put in on its side, and the W1 in Dave's enclosure + a Bencher BY-1 fit 
nicely on top.  Makes a great kit for SOTA summit activations.

It's sort of a little economic community that has grown up around 
Elecraft products.

I have the audio filter internal to my K2 and use it often.  It's not 
quite the same as the K3 APF, but it does a very similar job.  It does 
not ring in the slightest that I can tell.  The K2 front panel makes 
multiple use of pretty much every control.  I'm not sure I'd like yet 
more functions.  Given that the K2 firmware is not field downloadable as 
is the K3, I don't think I'd spring for an APF mod.  I know how to use 
my K2, it works just super, and "if it works, don't mess with it." 
Besides, I think Wayne or Eric once said they consider the K1 and K2 to 
be "mature product lines."

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011
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