Wow, that was a fast build! Since I enjoy kit building . . . I am going to
destination. Congratulations on your build and hope you get a lot of
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> From: "Brett gazdzinski" <
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> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 8:43 AM
> Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Kit arrived...
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>>I finished the K2 (6065) at about 10pm last
>> night, everything was nominal, my only concern being
>> the low output power on 15 meters (7 watts).
>> I should go back and do a full alignment as handing the
>> RF board was sure to disturb the mounted parts...
>>
>> The entire kit had one missing .1 cap, or I lost it,
>> I had one on hand to use so no problem.
>>
>> I do NEED a knob with a finger dimple!
>>
>> Between 10 and 1130 PM I heard some signals on
>> 80 and 40 meters, not much on the other bands
>> although I did not listen carefully.
>>
>> I think filter 2 needs a tweak and the built in speaker
>> sounds fuzzy, but otherwise all is good.
>>
>> All the adjustments worked, and did not require much tweaking,
>> nothing was at the limit or close to it, most things were
>> quite close right out of the bag.
>>
>> I want to get the ssb option and the auto tuner eventually,
>> and listen to plenty of slow code, then might actually
>> get on the air with the rig!
>>
>> I did not track the hours, but I got the kit Thursday,
>> worked on it Thursday night, Friday night, most of Saturday,
>> Sunday night, and Monday night.
>> The XYL is thrilled its done....
>>
>>
>> Brett
>> N2DTS
>>
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