[Elecraft] K2 S/N 5023 Now K2/100

Yippee! First K2/100 QSO tonight--8N1C50A (what a callsign--that's what I copied), 40m CW. Performed the final alignment steps with local super tech friend K7JN looking over my shoulder--thanks, Jim! Great job, Elecraft. Construction was straightforward, and I took great care to avoid the need

[Elecraft] Re: Neurotic about Toroids

Lee-- I felt precisely the way you do now when I received my K2 in July--the toroids appeared daunting for a novice kit builder who'd never wound and tinned one. Take some enamalled wire and practice tinning (don't burn your fingers). Then wind and tin a few and see how you feel. I liken the pr

[Elecraft] K2 S/N 5023 On-The-Air!

K2 S/N 5023 is on-the-air! All's well with the rig, so well in fact that I'm cutting this message short and jumping back into the NAQP CW contest. Further construction and operating details later, but I must thank Jim, K4ZM, for pinpointing the source of a last-minute problem ( poor 40m performan

[Elecraft] K2 #5023 Has a Home

Fellow Elecrafters-- K2 #5023 has arrived. I'm a first-time Elecrafter, and only have a few simple Heathkits under my built as well as a few small homebrew projects. It's a beautiful package, and all's well with the inventory thus far. I had wondered before it arrived if seeing the hundreds of