K2 S meter

[Tex]

I'm the new owner of a K2 (4864) which I did not build and love the radio.  Everything works as it should from what I can tell so far.  One question on the S Meter, the far right led or 40 over led seems to flash most of the time in CW not so much in SSB.  Can't seem to find anything in the manuals.  Did the Cal for meter no change?
Tnx
Tex

[dave.wilburn]

One possibility, there was a mod that setup one of the LEDs to flash when u are zero beat.

Dave Wilburn
NM4M
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I'm the new owner of a K2 (4864) which I did not build and love the radio.
Everything works as it should from what I can tell so far.  One question on
the S Meter, the far right led or 40 over led seems to flash most of the
time in CW not so much in SSB.  Can't seem to find anything in the manuals.
Did the Cal for meter no change?
Tnx
Tex
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[Don Wilhelm-4]

Tex,

You may have the CW tuning indicator installed in that K2.

Remove the top cover (or if you have the K2/100, just remove the plate
at the front of the KPA100 heat sink) - and then peer down between the
control board and the front panel to see if there is a wire soldered to
that 10th LED.  If there is, your K2 has the K6XX CW tuning indicator
installed - and quite likely the SMD version for which Tom Hammond N0SS
created a kit.
Tom no longer sells the kits, but the documentation is still on his
website www.n0ss.net.
If you have this handy (but non-Elecraft) mod in your K2, you may want
to download the docs so you know what it looks like and how to adjust
the tone frequency that it detects in case your taste in CW pitch
differs from the prior owner.

If you do not like the flashing 10th LED, I have a technique for
mounting a tiny LED in a keycap that works well with that CW Tuning
Indicator.

On another, but related subject, note, that if you want to change the CW
pitch, you should re-align the IF filters to center on your chosen
sidetone pitch.  You can find instructions for doing that on my website
article for K2 Dial Calibration - go to www.w3fpr.com for that information.

73,
Don W3FPR

pkhjr wrote:

> I'm the new owner of a K2 (4864) which I did not build and love the radio.
> Everything works as it should from what I can tell so far.  One question on
> the S Meter, the far right led or 40 over led seems to flash most of the
> time in CW not so much in SSB.  Can't seem to find anything in the manuals.
> Did the Cal for meter no change?
> Tnx
> Tex
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