[Elecraft] K2 working

[Kevin Stover]

Congratulations!
You were ready to make an anchor out of a week ago.

On 4/17/2016 5:28 PM, lstavenhagen wrote:
> In case anyone's interested, I just completed my erstwhile dead K2 and it
> appears to be in good health on all bands after the final alignment.
>
> Whew... I dodged a bullet on this one lol....
>
> The transmitter came out particularly good, ranging from about 11 to 12
> watts max on 10M up to around 14W max on 80 (on a 12v 9AH battery). I was
> extremely careful with winding the transformers in this rig, T2 in
> particular and positioning it above the board a bit as specified, moreso
> than in my first K2. So it actually outperforms my first K2 by almost a watt
> on 10 and 12M lol. Either that or the first one just needs realigned which
> it probably does.
>
> The RX seems to be fine on all bands too according to my XG3.
>
> All that's left is the final assembly and then I'll decide what options to
> put in it. But first I need to take it out /p and use it for a bit to make
> sure it's all good. I can use my X1 external antenna tuner for that....
>
> Anyway, thank goodness. It lives!
>
> Tnx es 73,
> LS
> W5QD
>
>
>
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