[Elecraft] WTB: Unassembled K-2 or Partial

[Don Wilhelm]

Bill,

I would never recommend that someone not yet intimately familiar with 
the K2 attempt to start on a partially assembled kit unless the skill 
level of the original builder is known and the reason it is incomplete 
is also known.  A partially built K2 from the estate of a builder whose 
skills are known should be OK, but all others are suspect.

It is hard enough picking up the pieces where someone else stopped 
building, but you must also ask "Why did he stop building?"  In most 
cases it is because the original builder encountered problems and was 
unable to resolve them.

I have a LOT of experience with the K2, and I recently had a customer 
who had started a K2 back in 2001 and ran into problems - it sat on the 
shelf.  Then in 2005 he ordered another and had problems again and that 
too sat on thee shelf.  I have repaired and completed the later one he 
purchased, and am still working on the first one trying to solve the 
(hopefully) last elusive problem. Trying to find someone else's build 
problem is not a trivial task.

Start with a new kit - Elecraft is still shipping them - and he will 
receive a 1 year parts warranty.  Of course, Elecraft technical support 
is always available no matter the age of the K2.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 11/4/2012 4:33 PM, Bill Robbins wrote:
> I have a friend that wants to get back into ham radio.  He used to build
> Heathkits and would like to build again.  He is elderly and I thought he
> might enjoy trying the K-2.
>
> Anyone out there want to part with a partially assembled or unassembled K-2?
>
> Thanks
>    Bill
> WA8CDU
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