[Elecraft] OT: K2

[WILLIE BABER]

Hello Don,

You may never  know how many folks you have helped-out who are K2 owners.  As I mentioned in an earlier post, I didn't finish my K2/100 until very recently, serial number 0086.....four years after I retired!  So, as you know, I had to do lots of mods. I think I got  them all. 

Your posts got me through several issues, including the keying wave-form mod, alignment of the crystal filter (I used the newer crystals based on your post about  this--a big difference in my case), the power output instability problem (which led me to the Elecraft mod on this).....and some more stuff I don't recall now.  I don't think there was one issue that I searched on that didn't include a response from you.  All your advice was dead on, too. 

Anyone wanting to build K2 has a resource on this reflector in your advice. Thanks  for all your advice and easy to follow instructions.

I guess K2 is a legacy radio but it will out perform all those up-conversion radios, hands down.  Sweet sound too.  You may never need a K3!

73, Will, wj9b
Kx1, K2, so2r K3/P3


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On Tue, 9/20/16, Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: K2
 To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
 Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2016, 4:34 PM
 
 Eric,
 
 I do repairs, alignment and calibration and upgrades of the
 Elecraft 
 legacy gear (K2, K1, KX1 and XV series transverters), and I
 am as busy 
 as I want to be (sometimes more than I want to be).
 So there is still a lot of interest in that gear, but you
 are right, 
 most of the posts are about the K3, KX3 and KX2.
 Non-the-less, there are frequent posts about the legacy
 gear. Many of 
 the older posts about "how to do ..." are no longer seen,
 but those 
 questions do pop up occasionally.
 
 Many of the K2, K1 and KX1 posts come from folks who have
 purchased a 
 used transceiver.  In many cases, they did not get all
 the associated 
 pieces (counter probe for the K2, connecting cables for the
 KAT100, 
 power cables, etc.) so those new owners need assistance, and
 they do 
 often post to the reflector.
 
 73,
 Don W3FPR
 
 On 9/20/2016 2:35 PM, Eric J wrote:
 > I had recently stopped monitoring the reflector as I
 only have a K1 and
 > two K2's. Everything is K3 and subject lines rarely
 reflect that anymore
 > so it's hard to filter them. But I had a K2 problem and
 rejoined. Got a
 > response with solution within an hour! And discovered
 that I miss the OT
 > discussions from a unique bunch of experts. Most of the
 OTs are
 > interesting and more relevant to a non-KX/K3 owner. So
 I'm back to
 > monitoring only OTs. hi.
 >
 > The new products don't fill any need in my hamming that
 isn't satisfied
 > by the K2, but the ongoing development of the state of
 ham art at
 > Elecraft is extraordinary to see.
 >
 > Eric KE6US
 >
 > On 9/19/2016 8:05 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
 >> P.S. Us K2 owners are rather quiet these days. I
 suspect few are still
 >> monitoring the reflector. I miss the many questions
 about soldering,
 >> testing, setting up an antenna, etc. But time, and
 products, moves on..
 >>
 >
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