[Elecraft] Question about the K2

[Don Wilhelm]

Eric,

That setup works quite well.  I had it set up here until I got the K3 
and sold the KPA100/KAT100 combo - I will keep my K2 until it is pried 
from my cold dead hands, it is a Field Test model SN 00020.

When the K2 detects that the KPA100 is installed, it forces the KAT2 to 
"bypass" and ANT1 output.  They work quite well together.

Don't forget that your KAT100 must be the KAT100-2.  It has all the 
"hooks" required to plug in the KPA100 cables.  The AUX I/O 
communications cable is the same as that shown for the KAT100 and can 
plug into either the KAT100 or the KPA100.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 3/28/2011 4:51 PM, Eric Champine wrote:
> Hi all.
> Just a few days ago I just realized you could build the K2 as a complete QRP
> setup and then add the KAT100-2/KPA100 in the EC2 custom enclosure to make
> it a QRO rig.
> Wow. Very cool. I was thinking about building a K2-100 and a K2 so I would
> have a rig for both occasions. Now I find out that I can have just one K2
> setup to do both if I am reading this correctly. LOL. I always wanted to
> know why people would want to put the KAT100 in a large case. Now I know
> why. What my question is, is it OK to have the internal QRP tuner in at the
> same time that I have it hooked up to the KAT100-2/KPA100 or does the
> internal tuner have to be taken out to use the KAT100-2/KPA100 add-on?
> This is really going to be a very cool setup for me because I love to go out
> on weekends and do QRP work and during the weekdays work traffic nets where
> I need more power most of the time. This seems the best of both worlds to me
> and now I only have to build one K2 and save a lot of cash.
> It's funny. I have been watching this reflector for a while now and it isn't
> till now that I just found out that this was an option.
> Does anyone have any experience with this setup and how they like it or have
> any suggestions?
> Thanks for your time.
>
> 73 de W2EEC
>
> Eric
>