K2 FOR SALE

[BILL COCHRAN]

Well, my luck has run out and I thought I could finish the K2. Everything was fine, until I couldn't hold onto the soldering iron anymore. No, not the heated end either. LOL. I am shaking so much again, that I had to stop and give up.  You never know when this will happen so I thought I would be able to build the kit. With the help of Scott at Elecraft and the members of he group, I have done quite well so far.However, the time has come to stop and face the music. I am afraid I am going to do some type of damage to the kit because of this problem. Darn, just when I thought my health problems had gone away for awhile and I thought I could finish the kit before they came back. Well, I guess I lost this race. I am willing to sell the kit unfinished as is. I have started to assemble the thyristor board and have been able to pass all the tests but the 4.00 MHz test. Might just be the probe I assembled. I have two damaged parts, that are being sent to me from Elecraft. One is the
 VFO knob and the other is a resistor network that I had damaged. Included with the kit is the K2 and the sideband option. I will consider all offers and will be happy to email out of the room if you have any questions. Thanks.

BILL COCHRAN
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[Thom LaCosta]

On Tue, 30 May 2006, BILL COCHRAN wrote:

> Well, my luck has run out and I thought I could finish the K2. Everything was fine, until I couldn't hold onto the soldering iron anymore.

Bill, that is no reason NOT to have a K2.  I have a condition that prevents me
from building, but through the good offices of Alan - W1HYV, who is on this
list, I have a K2 that Alan built for me.

Do I feel bad that I couldn't build it? Yes.  Do I feed bad that I had someone
else build it because I couldn't? No.

There are LOTs of folks on the list and listed at the Elecraft site that will
build the Elecraft kits for those that can't...and some of them don't charge,
because they enjoy building and do a service for those that can not build.

I would hope that by now you've gotten email from builders who can help....and
if you haven't, ask....you will get your K2 built.

73,Thom-k3hrn
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[Darwin, Keith]

Sorry to hear about that Bill.  I second the thought that not being able
to build a K2 does not mean you don't get the pleasure of operating a
K2.

I spent a couple of months building my K2.  I plan to spend many years
operating it.  If you skip the building phase and go straight to
operating you'll still get 90% of the enjoyment out of the rig.

Also, if your condition is intermittent (or even temporary) you might
get periods of relief when you could build.  That would be a great time
to do one of the options as they are smaller and take less time.

73 Bill!

- Keith KD1E -

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Subject: [Elecraft] K2 FOR SALE

Well, my luck has run out and I thought I could finish the K2.
Everything was fine, until I couldn't hold onto the soldering iron
anymore. No, not the heated end either. LOL. I am shaking so much again,
that I had to stop and give up.  You never know when this will happen so
I thought I would be able to build the kit. With the help of Scott at
Elecraft and the members of he group, I have done quite well so
far.However, the time has come to stop and face the music. I am afraid I
am going to do some type of damage to the kit because of this problem.
Darn, just when I thought my health problems had gone away for awhile
and I thought I could finish the kit before they came back. Well, I
guess I lost this race. I am willing to sell the kit unfinished as is. I
have started to assemble the thyristor board and have been able to pass
all the tests but the 4.00 MHz test. Might just be the probe I
assembled. I have two damaged parts, that are being sent to me from
Elecraft. One is the  VFO knob and the other is a resistor network that
I had damaged. Included with the kit is the K2 and the sideband option.
I will consider all offers and will be happy to email out of the room if
you have any questions. Thanks.

BILL COCHRAN
  BILL COCHRAN REAL ESTATE APPRAISALS, LLC
  1430 N 12TH STREET
  CAMBRIDGE, OHIO
  43725
   
  PHONE:[phone]
  FAX: [phone]
   
  AMATEUR CALLSIGN: N8PGX
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