I don't use my K2 for EME but it is my main rig for microwave weak signal
work, largely on CW. I tend to use the SSB filter for CW and rely on my
ears for filtering, and have not found filter ripple to be a significant
problem.
On the plus side it is nice to have direct read out of frequencies on the
microwave bands (though truncated), and the ability to offset the display to
take out the microwave LO offsets is very nice. The ability to set different
power levels for each transverter band is also very handy.
On the negative side, my noise blanker won't touch radar QRM, whereas my
IC756 is very good at removing it, so I stick with the 756 on 23cm where
radar is prevalent in Europe.
The other problem is the level of birdies on receive in the European beacon
band in particular (28.8 - 29.0 after transverting). This makes beacon
searching a rather tedious process as it takes a while to hear the keying to
decide if the signals are real or not.
73
John G3XDY
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