I would certainly echo Ken's review of the W2. It is, as with all Elecraft
products, a joy to build and performs very well. I really like being able to
adjust the intensity of the LEDs. I noticed that the assembly manual
kit. Pan head screws seem to work just fine and leave plenty of flat head
with my amplifier relay, and the 6 meter preamp. I just need to find a way
> I have mine ... with both HF sensors, 200W and 2000W.
>
> The kit is a quick build consisting of mechanical assembly,
> just as with the K3. It took me about a half hour from start
> to finish. The metal work and paint is the usual Elecraft quality.
>
> One of the end panels shows signs of hand finishing before
> painting in that it appears to have perhaps been "touched up"
> on a belt sander. It's NOT an issue ... a "personal" touch. (:-)
>
> There are four cover holes where you're instructed to remove
> the paint from the area around them so the stand-offs can
> make a good ground connection. The paint is tough, and
> requires hard scraping to remove. A small scrap of masking
> tape over the four areas before painting, as in the case of the
> K2's panels, would have helped. In retrospect, I should have
> used my Dremel tool to remove the paint.
>
> As always, read the instruction manual, as it makes reference
> to flat-head screws which are replaced by pan-heads, and the
> addenda sheet also points out the change.
>
> I have both power levels of sensors in use. One follows the
> K3 and the other follows a seldom used amplifier. Both sensors
> "control" the display's power range so that switching between
> the two sensors automatically changes the power range of the
> display.
>
> The AUTO ranging feature does not work smoothly on CW and
> appears to be easily confused. I can't say how it behaves on SSB.
>
> A minor caution: Most will peek into the factory-assembled
> sensor(s) ... of course you will! Note that the cover can be
> put on in either direction. The label on the cover has the IN
> and OUT labels, and therefore needs to be put back in the
> correct orientation. (;-) BTW, there are no S/N's.
>
> My sensors were shipped a couple of days apart. The label
> stickers appear to be printed on peel-off labels, and the first
> has what appears to be "artifacts" that I would describe as
> caused by dust on a copy machine's glass. The second
> sensor's label is flawless. The second sensor one was nicely
> wrapped in clear plastic. The first wasn't. This probably merely
> reflects who packed the units and / or the elevated climate of
> the move and getting the W2's out the door.
>
> The sensor and display are connected by a flat telephone-style
> cable with RJ series connectors. They're far too long for my
> needs and I'll be looking for or making a couple about 24" long.
> I wonder how -long- an interconnect cable could be?
>
> If anyone's interested, Rose has a W2 cover in the works. (:-)
>
> 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP
>
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