[Elecraft] K2

[jerry]

All,

   I just scored a K2/100 on Ebay.  It came in at noon today.  Took me a 
while to fabricate a power cord.
With inline 20A fuse, natch.  The Bird says it makes over 100W.  It also 
has the audio filter, which my K2/10 doesn't.  And the ATU.  Buying the 
K2 seemed to be the only way to get a KPA100.

   Sometime next week, I'll take the new K2 apart and see if it has the 
mods.

    I have put aside my Tiny Linear project for the moment, in favor of 
the Alpha 78...  Even though the Tiny Linear got me an S9 report from 
*Barcelona* on 20M SSB this morning.   800W just seems like more
than 65W :).

The only trouble with the Alpha is that LOUD blower.  I do have a new 
blower for it - got it back when
Alpha still stocked such things - but am not sure how much quieter a new 
one would be.  A pair of noise
cancelling headphones fixes it right up though.  Blower?  What blower?



                            - Jerry KF6VB