[Elecraft] K2 initial impressions

[jerry]

Hello all,

   My new ( to me ) K2 arrived yesterday, far in advance of when Ebay 
said it would.  Color me happy :).  I just ordered the SSB adapter.

   My first impressions:  The UI is a little cryptic - a general weakness 
of things with small displays and few knobs/switches/buttons, but really 
not too bad.  I've already got most of the buttons memorized.

   Receive is nice & quiet.  When I disconnect the antenna, there is very 
little internal hiss.  The AF gain control was scratchy at first, but 
quieted right down with a little use.

   Had my first QSO with it - with Don Huff, W6JL.  Don gave me a good 
report.  Even though I was only
running 10 watts.

   I notice that the band noise changes tone between "CW" and "CW R".  
Could that be symptomatic of a misadjusted BFO?  Also WWV is a little 
off - switching from CW & CW-R changes the beat note.  Looking forward 
to getting into this; Ebay just yielded up a GPSDO ( GPS-disciplined 
oscillator ) which is supposed to emit 10Mhz accurate to a tiny fraction 
of a Hertz.

   I'll want to start inspecting the radio to see what needs updating.

                 - Jerry KF6VB