[Elecraft] used K2 Alignment

[jacob chambers]

Hello;

While I am generally thrilled with my new K2 (not built by me) I feel she is in need of an alignment touch-up. The rig used to have all the bells and whistles but now is CW only with no tuner, SSB, etc. It is pretty much on with alignment but not exactly. The one thing that definately bothers me is one filter width - 700hz - causes the received signal to change in pitch. The other settings leave it unchanged. Also, I'm never on a "cardinal" freq when I work people - and I'm sure some of them are on whole frequencies - like 7.030.0 or 14.050.5. I'd like to get this thing closer. How best to proceed? 

I'm looking in the manual but I'm now a little afraid. I have ordered the 2 required probe kits for alignment but do not have the serial interface. Any ideas on how long this process will take and whether or not a neophyte should worry about rendering the rig useless? 


73;
Jacob K4JQV