Noise Blanker & 60m option for K2

[Craig Miller-5]

I just finished building and installing the KNB2 andK60XV option boards.  As
usual with Elecraft it all went together FB and runs as advertised with no
problems.  I do have two complaints, however.

1. The K60XV has no toroids!  What kind of Elecraft kit is it with no
toroids to wind?  Where's the fun in that?

2. For 120 bucks or so you only get two to three evenings of building fun.
And that's stretching it, going as slowly as I could.  Now what do I build?
The only option left is the 160m board and that doesn't look like it would
take very long to build.

Help.

Craig
K3OOL
K2 #4790 KSB2, KDSP2, KAF2, KNB2, KX60V, KPA100, KAT100, KAT2, UnPCB's

I guess a KX1 is next.
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[Don Wilhelm-3]

Craig,

You are correct, the K160RX should take you only about 2 or 3 hours total
depending on how proficient you are at removing the heat sink from the PA
transistors.

(Tongue planted firmly in cheek)
You might want to make a major mechanical job out of attaching the BNC
connector the rear panel - you could work like a person who is 'all thumbs'
and take quite a long while geting the hex nut started straight on the
connector body threads or something like that <G> - little efforts like that
can increase your build time considerably (assuming that is a worthy goal).

(Tongue normal)
Have a great time installing the rest of your preferred K2 options, and then
enjoy operating it.  We all must take a break from the build process at one
time or another (at least my wife says that should be true!!!).

You could always buy another K2 and start over.

73,
Don W3FPR

> -----Original Message-----
>
>
> I just finished building and installing the KNB2 andK60XV option
> boards.  As
> usual with Elecraft it all went together FB and runs as advertised with no
> problems.  I do have two complaints, however.
>
> 1. The K60XV has no toroids!  What kind of Elecraft kit is it with no
> toroids to wind?  Where's the fun in that?
>
> 2. For 120 bucks or so you only get two to three evenings of building fun.
> And that's stretching it, going as slowly as I could.  Now what
> do I build?
> The only option left is the 160m board and that doesn't look like it would
> take very long to build.
>
> Help.
>
> Craig
> K3OOL
> K2 #4790 KSB2, KDSP2, KAF2, KNB2, KX60V, KPA100, KAT100, KAT2, UnPCB's
>
> I guess a KX1 is next.
>

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[n6wg]

Ah, but it has two toroids!  Doesn't that make it worth while? :-)
73, Bob N6WG
The Little Statiopn with attitude

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[hidden email]]On Behalf Of Craig Miller
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 7:33 PM
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Subject: [Elecraft] Noise Blanker & 60m option for K2


I just finished building and installing the KNB2 andK60XV option boards.  As
usual with Elecraft it all went together FB and runs as advertised with no
problems.  I do have two complaints, however.

1. The K60XV has no toroids!  What kind of Elecraft kit is it with no
toroids to wind?  Where's the fun in that?

2. For 120 bucks or so you only get two to three evenings of building fun.
And that's stretching it, going as slowly as I could.  Now what do I build?
The only option left is the 160m board and that doesn't look like it would
take very long to build.

Help.

Craig
K3OOL
K2 #4790 KSB2, KDSP2, KAF2, KNB2, KX60V, KPA100, KAT100, KAT2, UnPCB's

I guess a KX1 is next.
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[Stephanie Maks]

Since you've got the K60XV in there, how about building a transverter  
or two?  That's got to be worth a few evenings, plus there's some  
toroids in them!

When I'm done my K2, if I'm still afflicted by the Elecraft bug, I'll  
probably be looking at the 6M transverter.

73 de Stephanie
va3uxb


> 2. For 120 bucks or so you only get two to three evenings of  
> building fun.
> And that's stretching it, going as slowly as I could.  Now what do  
> I build?
> The only option left is the 160m board and that doesn't look like  
> it would
> take very long to build.

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[Dave G3VGR-2]

Craig Miller wrote:

 > 1. The K60XV has no toroids!  What kind of Elecraft kit is it with no
 > toroids to wind?  Where's the fun in that?

The UnPCBs must have been a real letdown for you then :-)

You could always build the 160m option & forget to solder some relay
legs. I found that was good for making the building/debugging experience
last a bit longer....

73, Dave G3VGR
K2/100 #4783



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