[Elecraft] K2 assembly

[Don Wilhelm]

  John,

WOW, only 2 away from the 7000 mark!

If you are looking at the really old K2 postings, there are many that 
have been made "null and void" by the updated boards.  Remember that you 
have the updated boards in your kit, and you should not have to do any 
cuts or adds when you add the options.  I have 'repaired' several new 
K2s where the builder "tried" to add the cuts and wire adds to the K2 
control board when installing either the KIO2 or the KPA100.  If those 
builders had read the instructions correctly, it would have been 
apparent that those changes were only to be done for K2s with serial 
numbers below 3000.

In other words, read and understand, and if you have questions about the 
understanding part, ask here on the reflector.

Enjoy the build, and when finished, enjoy the K2.

Additional note (not on my webpage yet) -- when setting the filters on 
recent K2s, you will find that the wide (SSB) filters are actually much 
wider than the "width" indicated by the K2 display - and as a result, 
the suggested settings for the SSB filters listed in the manual will not 
work well.  The cure is to use Spectrogram (or a similar tool) to 
measure the actual bandwidth.  Refer to my webpage article on K2 Dial 
Calibration for more information.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 9/4/2010 10:11 PM, zendoc at netspace.net.au wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> seems there's a burst of K2 assembling going on in the world.  I've just started
> #6998 and all is going well so far.  Hoping I won't need too much help, but it's
> good to know the group is here.  I've found a review of old K2 postings very
> helpful, along with Don's tips about calibration etc.
>
> It's going to be a big project.  I've also got the KPA100 and the DSP module to
> built and fit.  Hope it will be fun.
>
> Cheers from down here,
>
> John
> VK7JB
>
>
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