[Elecraft] K2 number of parts?

[Kevin Luxford]

If you are building a K2, or any Elecraft product for that matter, the 
first thing to do is to do a complete inventory of everything received.  
Sometimes, but not often, parts can be missing, or parts like toroidal 
cores can be broken in transit, and you can then get replacements from 
Elecraft before starting construction.  The K2 resistors are on a 
bandolier in the sequence in which they are called for by the 
construction manual, but not so the capacitors. Two ways of dealing with 
capacitors: (1) get some empty pill bottles and into each put the 
capacitors of a given value.  Mark the value on the bottle with a water 
insoluble fine felt pen, or, (2) cut a cardboard box around the 
perimeter at about half height to reveal the corrugations in the 
cardboard.  Then place one leg of each capacitor in the corrugation 
voids in the order in which the construction manual calls for them.  (An 
old Heathkit trick)  Some sticky tape around the outside of the box 
covering the lower part of the exposed capacitor leg will stop them from 
falling out should the box be accidentally knocked.

This is quite a lot of work, but it pays dividends in worry-free, easy, 
construction.

All the best and 73

Kevin
VK3DAP /  ZL2DAP