One more time, then it is on to e-Bay
K2/100 160-10M Transceiver
KDSP2 DSP
KNB2 Noise Blanker
KSB2 SSB adapter
K160RX module
KPA-100 power amplifier
KAT100 Antenna Tuner
MFJ 1279 Sound Card In
One more time, then it is on to e-Bay
K2/100 160-10M Transceiver
KDSP2 DSP
KNB2 Noise Blanker
KSB2 SSB adapter
K160RX module
KPA-100 power amplifier
KAT100 Antenna Tuner
MFJ 1279 Sound Card In
Nosey Nick wrote:
Didn't you start an international incident last time you tried to sell
this? :-)
Gee-mny Christmas Nick, I had hoped everyone had forgotten that! Maybe
things will go better with our VE friends this time as I have not excluded
sales to Canada
FB on looking forward to SDR.
I have for sale the following items.
K2/100 (s/n 4028 fully upgraded) with KNB2, KDSP2, KSB2, K160RX
KAT100
K2 Top Cover with KIO2.
EC2 enclosure with KAT100 panels
MFJ 1279 sound card interface
This equipment has been in continuous use since built.
Are the bands that dead? I know I live in the land of NO rf, but this is
ridiculous. What time does the band show up so the crowds will come?
Jim
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If you have not looked at this free program, you should. It gives you a
conventional audio spectrum display and a nice waterfall to boot. Controls
are easy, adjustable on the fly. Plus the site has a lot of nifty software
for SDR applications.
www.weaksignals.com
Speaking
When I fired up the K2 today, it was all confused and I had to do a
4-5-6
reset. After the reset I could get no DSP menu so I removed the KDSP and
jumpered the audio lines in order to do the CAL FIL. At that time when I
pressed the AFIL switch I got a "not installed" message as I should. A
Oh good grief. I left that off Don.
Thanks for bringing that to my attention.
As per the K2 documentation (RF signal tracing) make your measurements at
2.0 watts requested power.
Chalk that up as a senior moment. I seem to be having a lot of those lately.
Jim W4ATK
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I had the opportunity to have two K2s sit side by side on the lab bench
yesterday and today. It was too good an opportunity to pass up. With just
two samples though, there is just not enough data to smooth out the
"wrinkles". So if any of you might have the desire to contribute data to
this
The "twins" are no longer for sale. Actually, I repented and decided
that I
really did not want that "SuperBlooper 1" (actual brand and model
withheld) with which I could not have near as much fun trying to get 10Watts
out on 10 Meters(anybody else been there? A friend pointed out I ju
I have for sale the following:
K2 s/n 4028 full power thru 12M, 8W on 10M into 50 ohm dummy
load.
latest revision software.
KSB2
K160RX
KIO2
KNB2
KDSP2
KPA100(w/
Has anyone checked the K2 BPF insertion losses per band and perhaps made
note of them?
73, Jim W4ATK
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Paul,
I have had both the LDG and the Elecraft ATUs. For my money I would
chose
the Elecraft KAT100. The KAT100 in the standard casing is low profile and is
a great unit. I used that setup here for quite a while and then opted to put
the KPA100 and KAT100 in an EC2 case (know in the frate
Whoa Guys,
I would never ever give up my K2. I am just trying to decide if I want
another K2, or maybe this time a KX1. I love to build and the Elecraft kits
certainly fill that bill (or should I say "build". ouch, that's a bad pun
indeed).
You see, I also want a W7ZOI spec analyze
Where do I go next? I just finished a K2 for a friend.
I am the proud owner of a K2 (4028) and I have had my eye on a KX1 for quite
some time. I would be interested in hearing from other K2 owners that also
own KX1s. I feel like it is going to be either a KX1 or another K2. I like
the portability
Gee,
I live in a restricted neighborhood and I could not be happier with my
40M
off center fed dipole I have stapled to the "ridgepole" in my garden home. I
mounted a 4:1 balun at the feed point and fed it with 1/2 wavelength of
coax. It works 80 thru 10 meters and is easily tuned with my
Yeah, I know this subject has been kicked around for a while, but none
the
less. When I built the K2, I had no trouble getting the 10W out on 10M.
1) I have rewound T2 and elevated it above the board 1/16 inch.
2) Band Power at W6 Measured output.
Caught Ron up on 14059.9 a few minutes ago. Nice signal here in
Alabama.
73 Jim
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Thanks for all the replies. Worked him this a.m. and just did not know
what
the event was. I should remember D-Day, I was about 9 at the time I believe.
73s Jim, W4ATK
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Anyone know the scoop on W2W? He doesn't show up on QRZ, but is
attracting
a lot of attention on 14026 this a.m.
73 Jim, W4ATK
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Tacky, I chased that guy for two hours on my off center fed attic dipole and
never got an acknowledgement let's see, how long is my window sill and
did I see a slinky at K-Mart?
Good Job!!
73 Jim, W4ATK
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The Alabama QSO part is this weekend and I will be on, along with
several
of my fellow ops from the Birmingham Amateur Radio Club. Most of us will be
running QRP. We will be lurking about the lower 40Khz of each band 160 thru
10M. If you are interested google "Alabama QSO Party" for the ru
I have worked YX0LIX on 10, 12, 17 meters on an attic off center fed 40M
dipole. You just cannot beat the mojo! Now on to 20 and 40... and oh by the
by, running 10 big watts here.
Jim W4ATK
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Anyone out there using this program. I am having trouble getting an
picture
to display. Don't have a clue what I am doing wrong. I can tune the signal
in according to the directions, but no received picture is displayed.
Jim, W4ATK
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Peace, and Love.
Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year!!!
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Karsten,
I am no expert, but yes I have played with it a bit.
I found everything greatly improved when I carefully aligned my filters
(always with the KDSP2 in bypass) after getting tired of a 650hz sidetone( I
moved it down to 500hz). Afterwards, I tweaked the KDSP2 to the filter
Paul,
That is next on the agenda. One more K2 with the KAT2, KBT2, KSB2, KNB2,
KDSP and gee, I think that covers it. I wonder what the XYL will say?
Jim, W4ATK
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Got a package from Lisa yesterday, assembled the KIO2 and then moved the
KAT100 and the KPA100 to the EC2 enclosure. All the parts were there except
the higher current choke recommended. Wound that one on a spare toroid I had
and the "Twins" are on the air.
I have a few extra panels
I have just posted to my webpage a new program, "K2Keyboard" written by
yours truly. This program was developed as an add-in for K2Comm, also by
yours truly(also freeware), and will be included in the next release of
K2Comm.
Being only 7 days younger than dirt, I have some coordinat
At $6K fully loaded I will take 4 K2/100s and have a bit left over
for maybe a T1 or
I don't think it will be competition for Elecraft.
And did you look at all the surface mount, sure you can fix it, just
buy a rework station.
73s Jim, W4ATK
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Just to let everyone know that are/were interested in K2Comm, a K2 control
program by yours truly, the .zip install file and the VB6 source files are
at:
http://webpages.charter.net/w4atkontheweb
I make no promises, but think it is pretty clean. I would appreciate any
reports. You know th
Ok, I finally got charter on the ball and they got my webpage back up. So
now BandscopeV2.zip is now available via download from:
http://webpages.charter.net/w4atkontheweb
While there visting or just getting BandScopeV2 read the Welcome and
Project messages for the latest goings on here at W4ATK
What can I say. I wrote this one for me and BandScope fit real nicely
into
the options panel. If you want to see it take a look at
http://webpages.charter.net/w4atkweb. Hey it ain't a fancy site, but it was
free from my isp.
Happy Hammin', Jim W4ATK
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trying to see if I am back to normal.
Happy Hammin'
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Stewart is absolutely correct in his reference to the reassigned pins on the
K2 serial interface. I was not looking pas the rx/tx interface which is
indeed simplicity in itself. I have apologized for my oversight to Stewart.
Mea' Culpa!
73s Jim, W4ATK
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Stewart wrote:
"Anyone using a MicroHam microkeyer with a K2 with an outboard KPA100 ?"
Stewart, As near as I can tell from the MicroHam MicroKeyer documentation,
the device makes no connection to the K2 thru the K2's serial port, whether
KPA100 or KI02. So I would suggest that answers your quest
Gee Tom, now I dont feel quite so bad..
73s Jim, W4ATK
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If you requested the program tonight, 10/10/05 and upon trying the
installation got the message "insert disk1" or if you have not yet tried the
install and your zip file is not 3714KB with a timestamp of 10/10/05 at
9:19PM and you have not received a correcting message and zip file, please
Bandscope is an application in Microsoft Visual Basic that gives a
graphic
representation of activity surrounding your operating frequency using the
K2's serial interface. A KI02 or KPA100 is required.
I think just about everyone has their copy by now so this will be the
last
tim
The question was:
"So, are there any programs out that use the computer control facility
to send CW?"
Actually yes, and one of them is N3FJP's amateur contact log. If you do
the
CW Setup, F12 is already labeled "KEYBOARD", which if I am not mistaken will
fill the need.
7
Wow! I just sent all the current users an update that includes more
features. I really appreciate all the interest in this little freebie for my
K2 friends. For the moment, I will suspend sending out more "packages" until
I give my "beta testers", all thirty of them, time to report back an
It seems when you think things have reached some kind of summit and will
not get worse, I listened to some of the exchanges up on 20 RTTY. I will not
give the not so gentlemanly gent's name but his call sign would most
assuredly identify him and his language was gutter speak. Terrible
repre
I have wasted many hours trying to work them. The pileups are
horrendous.
The lids are out in tremendous force. I have been trying at 100W because of
the horrible operating discipline being shown, including profanity et al. I
would suggest you wait until next week when a lot of the rock-cr
Seems recently someone asked about a bandscope display for the K2.
Well, I
have written a simple program that does that for you and if you would like
to have it just contact me, perferably off-list for those requests, and I
will be happy to give it to you free of charge.
It works
I found that the sw38 thru sw69 commands were indeed pre-positioning the
menu, but needed to be followed by a "Menu", sw05, command to display the
quickmenu selection on the LCD and make the information available to the
control program.
Things are all better now. Thanks for the BW.
I have found the sw38 thru sw69 commands are presetting the menu
position,
but to see the menu information on the LCD display, I must follow those with
a sw05, "MENU", command. So, there is a workaround to my problem, but in
checking my older version source code, that does not seem to be t
I am puzzled. Some time back I started a K2 control project customized
just
for my way of operation. I included a quick menu control utilizing the
"SW38;" through "SW69;" single switch menu commands. Recently going back to
the project to include some new functions, those commands no longer
I have had my K2 for almost two years (s/n 4028) but xyl gave me the
KAT-100 for my b'day. Came in yesterday about 2:00pm. Finished it up about
noon today, then had to adjust the shack for it and got on line at about
3pm. So far it handles my two antennas well, a F12 C3ss and 80m Inverted
V
Oh me, there is always that 10% that did not get the word and I am guilty.
This sounds like something to which I should have paid attention. Can some
kind soul fill me in on "Rework Eliminators"?
Thanks es 73s
Jim, W4ATK
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The hotlinks on the Elecraft website for K2Z are no longer valid it
appears.
73 Jim W4ATK
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I am a bit mystified by the reports of low power on 30M. I have K2 #4028
and bought my KPA-100 at the time I purchased my K2. Barefoot on 30M, I have
15w out (measured) and QRO a good solid 100W (measured). If I choose to
observe power out in TUNE, the K2 will cut the power to around 55W, b
I will just bet you are using a K2/KPA100. I am not driving a big amp
so it
has not been a real problem but when I enter TUNE with the KPA100 activated,
I will see a fluctuation in output for the first few seconds. The
fluctuation is at a rate of 1 "pulse" per second. After a few seconds i
I should have mentioned the article appeared in the February 2005
"BirmingHAM", the newsletter of the Birmingham (AL) Amateur Radio Club.
73s Jim, W4ATK
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I know this is a bit long but it so represents the spirit of this
reflector, I just had to pass it along. Enjoy. As one of Jeff's "Elmers" I
know I walk a little taller after reading this.
73s Jim, W4ATK
"Find the Golden Thread in BARC"
By Jeff Drew, N4JDU
There is a value to club
There is an extraction tool to do this, supplied with the Anderson Power
Pole kits. The tool is of thin steel, shaped (sort of half moon) to fit
around the wire crimped in the power pole connector. It slipped in
underneath the wire and connector releasing the retainer spring inside the
plastic hous
Elecraft mojo alive es well this a.m. 549 from ZS6ME, Eric on 12M wid K2
barefooted at 10W.
My thanks to the many stations who courteously stood by while we
completed
the QSO.
73 Jim, W4ATK
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I am sorry, I inadvertently deleted your posting. In searching my
e-mails I
do not believe any one has responded to that post. If you would be so kind
as to re-post, I will do what I can to assist. I had a t/r problem while
building my K2 and may be able to help.
73 Jim, W4ATK
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I have what I need with especial thanks to Ed, AD5JV and Pat, K0PC.
73 es gone to put it together.
Jim
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This is off topic, but I recvd mine today and appear to be missing the
assembly instructions. Michelle is mailing some but hate to wait on snail
mail. So if there is a kindly soul out there that happens to be a C3ss user
who has a scanner and could e-mail me the instruction, I would be eter
I will pass this along for what it is worth.
First a bit of background.
a) The MFJ breaks the audio path from the sound card to the mic unless
PTT
is activated. This is a good thing.
b) The MFJ provides an optically isolated CW keying circuit. This too
is a
good thing.
I have been evaluating CW packages i.e. MixW, CWGet/CWType and MRP40. I
really like MixW but have had a problem with one aspect of the setup. So far
I have not been sucessful in sending CW via the CAT interface. I know CAT is
working because I am able to see the frequency display and I am a
Absolutely Andre'. Piece of cake. Download the Programmer's Reference
from
the Elecraft web site. K24U ( you can google it on the web) is a control
program for the K2 that gives you a free trial if you want to see what some
of the guys have done programming CAT for the K2.
Jim, W4ATK
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I have an XG-1 and have calibrated my K2 accordingly. Sometimes, I run
without the PREamp and this morning decided to
see what effect that has on S meter readings so I could give more
"reasonable" reports. I know a bunch of you have already
done this but for what its worth:
Howard asks: Does anyone have experience with the Micro 908 Antenna Analyzer
kit?
Howard, I have used the MFJ and like it a lot, however, for me the choice
would be the Micro908. It does more than antenna analysis and has many more
possibilities long run, plus you get to build it!
Jim, W4ATK
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And a great time to tell you all how much I have enjoyed the year since
becoming a member of this august society of Elecraft users. Thanks to
everyone for your help, encouragement and your contribution to the hobby.
God Bless you and yours and God Bless America
73 Jim Rogers, W4ATK
Hey Bill,
Don't worry about being a little slow on CW. Just jump on in there. If
the
other guy won't slow down for you to your comfortable speed, it is his loss.
I hope I will see you on 7040 or 14060 real soon. If you hear W4ATK be
sure
and give me a call.
73 Jim, W4ATK
K2 #4028
THANKS TO ALL WHO REPLIED.
I DOWNLOADED ONE OF THE SUGGESTED PROGRAMS AND HAVE COMPLETED THE TASK.
73 JIM, W4ATK
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Thanks guys, I knew you would know. Gotta run and try these.
73 Jim
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I need to produce a couple of "quality" schematics. Anyone know of a
"freebie" CAD program to do this.
Jim, W4ATK
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Well, it is there on page 8 of Trouble Shooting. The last two bullets on
the page. Just where it would be if I were looking for it, dead last place I
looked! :-)
That circuit is pretty "rock" solid, no pun intended, but there are some
pointers to check out.
73, Jim, W4ATK
K2 4028
Just for fun I whipped up a little logic circuit which placed
appropriately
in the K2 and with an added DOW-KEY relay and a foot switch would allow the
use of the K2 as a reciever with a free standing transmitter. This is
untested and just a mental exercise but it is how I would attempt to
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