I have had K2 4467 completed now for a couple of weeks. I don?t want to take up too much Band Width, but I did want to make some final comments for the sake of potential builders. Before I got my K2 I started to get concerned reading the Elecraft Reflector and reading only problems from several builders. Overall the build went together very well. I ran into some problems that were mostly my inability to properly understand the written instructions in the manual. Additional guidance from Gary Surrency and the fine folks on the reflector got me back on track.
During my Final Alignment of the K2, I had problems calibrating the 4 MHz Master Oscillator. I failed to understand that the procedure could and should be conducted several times to fine tune the calibration. The instructions were great and I only had to conduct the procedure about 4 times to get a near perfect match.
During the build I also noticed a QSK thumb in the Speaker and Headset. I didn?t do anything to try and fix it and figured that I would get use to it. Well now a couple of weeks later and I can?t detect any QSK thump at all. I?ll write that up to Elecraft Mojo.
During the KPA100 build I had a little concern when the resistance measurements for the Q1 and Q2 did not match the values posted in the manual. It turns out that the Finals are photo-sensitive and everything was fine when the measurements were taken without a bright light overhead.
I have since added the following modules, K160RX, KSB2, KNB2, KDSP2, KPA100, and the K6XX SMD CW Tuning indicator courtesy of N0SS. Everything is running great. This is only the second kit I have built, my KX1 was the first. This was truly a great experience.
Thanks 73, KI4DGH
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