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K2 GUIDES

A few months ago I purchased a K2/100 "twins". To assist me getting thru
a steep learning curve I have accumulated the following:

ITEM 1: Complete set of manuals
ITEM 2: K2 NIFTY MINI MANUAL
ITEM 3: K2 QUICK REFERENCE CARD
ITEM 4: ELECRAFT K2 QUICK REFERENCE
ITEM 5: K2 INDEX GENERATED BY KE7X dated
06 Oct 2002

I was wondering it there were any other resources I am missing such as
the K1 resource from n7rr (VADE MECUM MAGNUM

Alan KB7MBI
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Don Wilhelm-4

Re: K2 GUIDES

Alan,

One of the problems with learning the K2 is that the manuals were
written focusing on the build, and many operational things were learned
by the builder as he progressed through the build process.
One of the best ways to familiarize yourself with the K2 and its options
is to open the manual and imagine yourself building it, and particularly
concentrating on the the Alignment and Test sections. You probably don't
have to make all the adjustments, but you can run through the exercises
that involve turning the knobs and pressing buttons.

Repeat for the KPA100 and the KAT100, and then follow up by doing the
same thing with the manual for each of your installed options.

By the time you finish that process, you should be familiar with the
operation of your K2 Twins.

Hopefully the prior owner provided you with the control cable that plugs
between the base K2 KIO2 module and either the KPA100 or KAT100 DE-9
connector. If you do not have that cable, the KAT100 manual contains
the diagram for the cable that you need to build.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 11/19/2015 9:57 AM, Alan KB7MBI via Elecraft wrote:

> A few months ago I purchased a K2/100 "twins". To assist me getting thru
> a steep learning curve I have accumulated the following:
>
> ITEM 1: Complete set of manuals
> ITEM 2: K2 NIFTY MINI MANUAL
> ITEM 3: K2 QUICK REFERENCE CARD
> ITEM 4: ELECRAFT K2 QUICK REFERENCE
> ITEM 5: K2 INDEX GENERATED BY KE7X dated
> 06 Oct 2002
>
> I was wondering it there were any other resources I am missing such as
> the K1 resource from n7rr (VADE MECUM MAGNUM
>
>
>

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vk2rq

Re: K2 GUIDES

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Check out also the K2 application notes on the Elecraft website (eg. the ones on dial calibration and filter alignment are interesting) There's also some good info on those topics on the website of Don W3FPR
Also, some general background on radio theory is helpful. For example: how does a superhet transceiver work, how do mixers work, concept of images and sidebands, filter basics, concept of a PLL, what is AGC, etc.. You don't need to go too deeply, but a bit of a refresher of those concepts since you studied those things for your licence may be helpful. Something like ARRL handbook should have more than enough info on those topics, or you can find some introductory articles on the web.
73, Matt VK2RQ

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A few months ago I purchased a K2/100 "twins". To assist me getting thru
a steep learning curve I have accumulated the following:

ITEM 1: Complete set of manuals
ITEM 2: K2 NIFTY MINI MANUAL
ITEM 3: K2 QUICK REFERENCE CARD
ITEM 4: ELECRAFT K2 QUICK REFERENCE
ITEM 5: K2 INDEX GENERATED BY KE7X dated
06 Oct 2002

I was wondering it there were any other resources I am missing such as
the K1 resource from n7rr (VADE MECUM MAGNUM

Alan KB7MBI
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Daniel Schlieper

Re: K2 GUIDES

Dear K2 users,

I wrote a K2 users manual. Unfortunately, it is in German. Would anybody
feel like translating the text? Copyright is CC-BY, so there would be no
copyright problems.

http://www.elecraft.com/manual/K2_AnleitungDM3DA.pdf

73 Daniel DM3DA
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On Thu, 19 Nov 2015, Matt Maguire wrote:

> Check out also the K2 application notes on the Elecraft website (eg. the ones on dial calibration and filter alignment are interesting) There's also some good info on those topics on the website of Don W3FPR
> Also, some general background on radio theory is helpful. For example: how does a superhet transceiver work, how do mixers work, concept of images and sidebands, filter basics, concept of a PLL, what is AGC, etc.. You don't need to go too deeply, but a bit of a refresher of those concepts since you studied those things for your licence may be helpful. Something like ARRL handbook should have more than enough info on those topics, or you can find some introductory articles on the web.
> 73, Matt VK2RQ
>
> Envoyé à partir d'Outlook
>
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> From: Alan KB7MBI via Elecraft <[hidden email]>
> Sent: vendredi, novembre 20, 2015 1:58 AM
> Subject: [Elecraft] K2 GUIDES
> To: <[hidden email]>
>
>
> A few months ago I purchased a K2/100 "twins". To assist me getting thru
> a steep learning curve I have accumulated the following:
>
> ITEM 1: Complete set of manuals
> ITEM 2: K2 NIFTY MINI MANUAL
> ITEM 3: K2 QUICK REFERENCE CARD
> ITEM 4: ELECRAFT K2 QUICK REFERENCE
> ITEM 5: K2 INDEX GENERATED BY KE7X dated
> 06 Oct 2002
>
> I was wondering it there were any other resources I am missing such as
> the K1 resource from n7rr (VADE MECUM MAGNUM
>
>
> Alan KB7MBI
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