May I once again thank everyone for expressing such enthusiasm toward helping me. The advice keeps pouring in both within and outside of this reflector. I guess you Elecraft builders love your rigs and have developed a very supportive network. I hope I can contribute someday. For now I'm just a "taker".
Yes, I intend to inventory my K2 very carefully, identifying and staging all the components for the actual build. While many helpful suggestions have been made about "how" to do this, I will do what I've been doing since the Heathkit days....and that is to bust up corrugated cardboard boxes and then reengineer them with duct tape so I have compartments for bigger components and plenty of vertical corrugated sides to stick the things with leads in. Works for me. It's more difficult to explain than it is to just do it. Strange as it may seem, I'm going to reseal my K2 package, as received a couple days ago, and put it on a shelf in the bedroom closet until the autumn. Instead, I'm going to build the fully optioned KX-1 which I just ordered about two hours ago! Should arrive by midweek. I've always wanted both of them and struggled with which one to build first. I think I'd like to "practice" on the simpler KX-1 first. I can get comfortable with my new soldering station, that ridiculously thin solder, and practice how to handle all those static-sensitive components. Then I can use it "kayak mobile" with my homebrewed mag loop mounted on the boat throughout this summer. I also like to roam around the beautiful Hudson Valley's higher terrain and the KX-1 looks like a hands-down winner for my kind of QRP CW only roaming around. When I finally attack the K2 in the autumn, I'll be more "Elecraft-educated" and that's got to be an advantage. Thanks again! Stan WB2LQF ______________________________________________________________ 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
