Hi Group,
K2 Serial Number 04630 sprang into life here over the weekend...just
under a week from receiving a parcel with the K2, an XV50 and an XV144.
It was a great experience, and full marks to the Elecraft Crew for an
excellent product and fantastic documentation. Very little head
scratching went on, and I found the paperwork very easy to follow. I
cheated a bit and used the " Toroid Guy's" toroids, which were equal in
quality to the Elecraft provided bits and saved a heap of time I think.
The XV144 is up and running, and the XV50 about half finished.
The most complicated part...getting a grip on the Menu System on the K2
and all the functions. I still have to do a complete filter setup, and
went with the basic factory setup in the handbook. I'm looking at around
a 30Hz error on Tx, so I will go in and do another Ref Oscillator setup
along with the PLL and Filter setup, when I fully understand what I am
doing :)
I found my Weller WTCP Iron with an 800C very fine chisel tip to be just
about perfect excepting the "Big" jobs of soldering the nuts to the KI02
9 pin connectors. I used a multicore solder with a 2% Silver content,
0.56mm diameter. I realise that Elecraft no longer require this solder,
but it leaves an almost clean finish, much tidier than the standard
Multicore 60/40 that I normally use. It also proved no problem to remove
when I had to add the options components.
My one and only complaint...some of the masking on the metalwork was a
bit haphazard and required further sanding/scraping to get a bright
metal finish for grounding.
A really great experience, and I'm already looking for a reason to get a
second K2...this time with the 100W option, as this first one is
destined for a life as an IF for the 50/144/432/1296 Transverters I will
have plugged into it. Given a good soldering iron,reasonable soldering
skills...and carefully reading the instructions, I think just about
anyone could have a go at a K2.
My Icom756Pro2 is long gone, as will be my IC910...when it gets back
from Icom Repair !
73 and happy assembling
Glenn
VK4TZL
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