Hi, Giuliano --
Congratulations on your K2. Once you have it
whipped into shape, you'll find it to be a fine
radio. Plus there's hardly anything in it you
cannot work on and fix yourself if you build kits
like the K1.
One of the K2 manual appendices is
"Troubleshooting". You should give that a look.
Before you do any updates contact the previous
owner and see if he can provide a list of any
updates which may have already been done. I have
#380 and back then the K2 was still a "work in
progress" with most of us doing updates
incrementally as they were posted on the Elecraft
email reflector. For example, my K2 was something
of a continual project from July 1999 until June
2003, and I made *most* of the changes identified
during that period. Then I was away from my
obsessive focus on ham radio for close to ten
years. When I started using my K2/100 again I
found that I had made most of the changes, but
there were some left to do -- and some I didn't
need or want to do. I made one of those changes I
wanted earlier this month. Your seller of the K2
may have made most of the changes already, or some
of them or none of them.
If you've not been there, go to this page
http://www.elecraft.com/K2_Manual_Download_Page.htm#K2
and in particular download this file
http://www.elecraft.com/manual/k2a2binstr.pdf It
provides a list of the major changes in the basic
(10 Watt) K2 and options. See if you can
determine which have been done -- by asking the
original owner or inspection.
You will probably want to update to the latest
firmware, unless that's already been done. You can
determine several firmware versions by using menu
options from the front panel; others will require
disassembly and looking at the label on the chip.
If you have the KPA100 there are other mods and
updates which can be done (there is an update kit
and a mod kit for the KPA100).
Have fun with your K2. I have the K3/P3 combo and
find that the K2/100 still holds its own in that
company.
73, Phil w7ox
On 3/26/14, 11:02 PM, Giuliano wrote:
I bought a K2 SN 670 to complete my collection
Elecraft.
I now have K1, K2 and K3 + P3.
The K2 serial number is very low and I think
some changes are essential and others less so.
Can anyone tell me what mods are the really
important?
I also have a problem that occurs very
frequently: when I change band +/-, very often
comes out "INFO 080". What can I do?
Thanks for the help
I0CG Italy
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