[Elecraft] [K2] S/N 7006 assembly started

[david m]

Great, 
Thanks for the info!


On Fri, 2010-09-03 at 22:12 -0400, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> David,
> 
> Enjoy the build.  Yes, the manual is quite good - my 14 year old 
> grandson was able to complete a K2 build using only the instructions and 
> a (very) few helps from "grandpa".
> 
> Enjoy the build, and you can be rightfully proud of the results.
> 
> I can offer one assist - the varactor characteristics have changed from 
> the time the manual was written, so the variable filter settings for the 
> SSB filters indicated in the manual are no longer valid - the more 
> narrow CW settings are OK.  For instance, a filter width as indicated by 
> the K2 display of 2.00 kHz may actually be 3 kHz or more.  The best 
> solution to this "problem" is to use Spectrogram (or similar) to measure 
> the actual passband width.  Refer to my website (www.w3fpr.com) article 
> dealing with K2 Dial  Calibration for information about how the set up 
> and use Spectrogram to set the K2 filters.
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
> 
> On 9/3/2010 9:45 PM, david m wrote:
> > Control board finished, started on front panel. I am very impressed with
> > the quality of the kit, and the documentation.
> >
> > David
> > AJ4TF
> >
> >
> >
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