Hello all,
My new ( to me ) K2 arrived yesterday, far in advance of when Ebay
said it would. Color me happy :). I just ordered the SSB adapter.
My first impressions: The UI is a little cryptic - a general weakness
of things with small displays and few knobs/switches/buttons, but really
not too bad. I've already got most of the buttons memorized.
Receive is nice & quiet. When I disconnect the antenna, there is very
little internal hiss. The AF gain control was scratchy at first, but
quieted right down with a little use.
Had my first QSO with it - with Don Huff, W6JL. Don gave me a good
report. Even though I was only
running 10 watts.
I notice that the band noise changes tone between "CW" and "CW R".
Could that be symptomatic of a misadjusted BFO? Also WWV is a little
off - switching from CW & CW-R changes the beat note. Looking forward
to getting into this; Ebay just yielded up a GPSDO ( GPS-disciplined
oscillator ) which is supposed to emit 10Mhz accurate to a tiny fraction
of a Hertz.
I'll want to start inspecting the radio to see what needs updating.
- Jerry KF6VB
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