Robie, My K2 had the same problem that you described after a long period of not being used. After severaldays of being left powered on and daily use, the problem went away. My theory is that bypass capacitors in the K2 may have "reformed" and eliminatednoise in some circuit that was affecting the S meter bar graph. As Don says, it could also be a noisy RF gain pot.
Even though the K2 is a dated design it is still a great rig. I would never part with mine. Bill - K6WLM ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html