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david m

[K2] S/N 7006 assembly started

Control board finished, started on front panel. I am very impressed with
the quality of the kit, and the documentation.

David
AJ4TF

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Don Wilhelm-4

Re: [K2] S/N 7006 assembly started

David,

Enjoy the build. Yes, the manual is quite good - my 14 year old
grandson was able to complete a K2 build using only the instructions and
a (very) few helps from "grandpa".

Enjoy the build, and you can be rightfully proud of the results.

I can offer one assist - the varactor characteristics have changed from
the time the manual was written, so the variable filter settings for the
SSB filters indicated in the manual are no longer valid - the more
narrow CW settings are OK. For instance, a filter width as indicated by
the K2 display of 2.00 kHz may actually be 3 kHz or more. The best
solution to this "problem" is to use Spectrogram (or similar) to measure
the actual passband width. Refer to my website (www.w3fpr.com) article
dealing with K2 Dial Calibration for information about how the set up
and use Spectrogram to set the K2 filters.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 9/3/2010 9:45 PM, david m wrote:

> Control board finished, started on front panel. I am very impressed with
> the quality of the kit, and the documentation.
>
> David
> AJ4TF
>
>
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David Fleming-2

Re: [K2] S/N 7006 assembly started

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Hi David,

Your post brings back fond memories. I built K2 #6030 back in March of 2007. I remember how impressed I was with the quality of the engineering. I had built many Heathkits back in the day, but nothing compared to the experience of building the K2. Although I now have a K3, I'm seriously considering getting another K2 just for the building experience. There's nothing like the feeling you get when you make that first contact. Enjoy the build. Savor it. It's a real treat.

David, W4SMT

--- On Fri, 9/3/10, david m <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Control board finished, started on
> front panel. I am very impressed with
> the quality of the kit, and the documentation.
>
> David
> AJ4TF
>
>
>
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OZ2BRN Brian Lodahl

[K2] S/N 6936 assembly started

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After having the kit on my desk since Dayton Hamvention in May, and
little or no time to start up, today was the day of days.

I am as exited as a 5-year-old at christmas morning :-)

73
OZ2BRN
Brian

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david m

Re: [K2] S/N 7006 assembly started

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Great,
Thanks for the info!

On Fri, 2010-09-03 at 22:12 -0400, Don Wilhelm wrote:

> David,
>
> Enjoy the build. Yes, the manual is quite good - my 14 year old
> grandson was able to complete a K2 build using only the instructions and
> a (very) few helps from "grandpa".
>
> Enjoy the build, and you can be rightfully proud of the results.
>
> I can offer one assist - the varactor characteristics have changed from
> the time the manual was written, so the variable filter settings for the
> SSB filters indicated in the manual are no longer valid - the more
> narrow CW settings are OK. For instance, a filter width as indicated by
> the K2 display of 2.00 kHz may actually be 3 kHz or more. The best
> solution to this "problem" is to use Spectrogram (or similar) to measure
> the actual passband width. Refer to my website (www.w3fpr.com) article
> dealing with K2 Dial Calibration for information about how the set up
> and use Spectrogram to set the K2 filters.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 9/3/2010 9:45 PM, david m wrote:
> > Control board finished, started on front panel. I am very impressed with
> > the quality of the kit, and the documentation.
> >
> > David
> > AJ4TF
> >
> >
> >
> > ______________________________________________________________
> > Elecraft mailing list
> > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
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> >