[Elecraft] Intro - just scored a K2

[Robert G Strickland]

Jerry...

I'm not an expert on the K2, just a die hard fan. Others will advise you 
on the upgrade(s). I'm pretty sure the upgrade "kits" are available from 
Elecraft. That said, once you're satisfied with your upgrade you can go 
all the way a purchase the complete, current kit from Elecraft and put 
that together. Hardly anything beats that for fun. Welcome to the K2 
cool aid drinkers club.

...robert

On 22 Jun 2021 12:51, jerry wrote:
> Greetings,
>
>     Name is Jerry, call KF6VB.  Been a ham since 1970.  For some strange
> reason, my interest in amateur radio always peaks at the bottom of the
> sunspot cycle.  No, I don't understand it either :).
>
>    Lately, I've been playing a lot with CW & QRP radios.  Got a uBITX
> "kit" from India.  In quotes, because it was assembled and tested, you
> just mount the boards in the case.  Then a "QCX+" kit from Hungary -
> this was a real kit, you solder in the parts.
>
>     I discovered that I *really* like electronic QSK ( aka full-breakin
> CW ).  The QCX+ does it really well.  But it's only one band.  I built
> it for 40M, but during the day, the action is mostly on 20.  The uBITX
> is multi-band, but does not do QSK.  What to do?  I investigated
> converting the uBITX to full-break, but that turns out to be a very big
> deal.  As in "Nobody's done that yet".
>
> ..So yesterday I pulled the trigger on an Elecraft K2 on Ebay. Waiting
> with bated breath for that box in the mail.
>
>    It's an early serial number - 00845.  It seems that a lot of changes
> took place over the years - and Elecraft doesn't show a manual for it -
> their download site only shows the manual for "Rev B" PC boards.
>
>     I see that they still have some parts and accessories for this unit
> - and the SSB module is not too expensive.
>
>            - Jerry KF6VB
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Robert G Strickland, PhD ABPH - KE2WY
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Syracuse, New York, USA