[Elecraft] K2 for sale

K2, serial number 4275 is for sale. I built this unit about six months ago and now want to build another kit. This K2 comes with the following options installed: KIO2 – Aux I/O Module with cable KNB2 – Noise Blanker KBT2 – Internal Battery Option KAF2 – Audio Filter and Real Time Clock KAT2 – A

[Elecraft] Re: Elecraft Digest, Vol 7, Issue 31

Elecraft K2 for sale with the following options: Serial Number: 04275 KIO2 – Aux I/O Module KNB2 – Noise Blanker KBT2 – Internal Battery Option KAF2 – Audio Filter and Real Time Clock KAT2 – Automatic Antenna Tuner $1275 for all of it including shipping within the US Reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I p

[Elecraft] Echo Link

Hi everyone, Has anyone out there used Echo Link? Do I need any other interface beyond the RS232 interface I have in my K2? Thanks Terry de KC0QZX ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qt

[Elecraft] Telephone RFI

Hi everyone, I have two antennas...an unmatched longwire and a vertical. The unmatched longwire interferes with our two line 900MHz phone system a little bit but the vertical almost destroys audible altogether. While transmitting CW on the vertical, there is a loud clicking sound on bot

[Elecraft] Noise Problems...still

Hi everyone, Well, the noise level has been lowered a lot, but I'm still getting higher noise levels than I think I should. On 40-meters, I am getting an average of S2-4 peaking at S5 around the time thunderstorms begin to form. I've put up a vertical which helped. Putting down 12 tuned

[Elecraft] Antenna Problems

Hi everyone, It seems I have a knack for starting reflector wars. I would like to offer my many thanks to you all for your wonderful and informed responses. Through the many responses, I bought and am reading ON4UN's Low Band DX's book, bought and setup the Hustler 6BTV vertical antenna

[Elecraft] Re: Elecraft Digest, Vol 3, Issue 29

Hi Per, I ended up buying a Hustler 6BTV and mounting it behind my shack. The noise is a little worse but the signals come in at least twice as strong as with my dipole, (however, the dipole is more like a monopole with a single counterpoise). You may want to checkout www.dxengineering.c

[Elecraft] More antenna problems

Hi all, I am having a ball with my new K2, (S/N 4275). I finally busted through the 15 WPM barrier and am on my way to 20 WPM. Now to my problem... My antenna is a 100' length of wire fed by 50' of RG8X Mini. The feed point is at 10' off the ground through a balun. The wire arches up t

[Elecraft] Another dumb one

Hi everyone, Holy Smokes!!! I sure didn't foretell the staggering array of weapons I would be able to place in my radio arsenal from this one! Many thanks to all for the many comments, enchoragements, suggestions and reflections. I went out today and bought the ARRL Wire Antenna Classics

[Elecraft] Another dumb one

Hi again everyone, The reason I was asking about the 6-meter stuff was that the HF bands are in about the same shape as my dog...he dies two years ago. With the exception of 1-hour in the evening and two hours in the morning, the bands are pretty useless...and we still have YEARS to go b

[Elecraft] 6-meters on K2

Hi everyone, I'm sure that this will bring a laugh or two but here goes... Why can I turn the VFO dial up past 50MHz if the radio cannot receive 6-meters? Do I need to purchase a 6-meter radio and a transverter? With the transverter hooked up to the K2, am I using the 6-meter radios recei

[Elecraft] Soldering stations

Hi Paul, I haven't done any soldering in about 20-years! When I bought my K2 kit a month ago, I went out and researched irons. I settled on a Weller WESD51 after talking to a technician at the National Renewable Energy Labs. He stated that he uses that one because of its superior static

[Elecraft] Line In cabling

Hi everyone, I am going to use the Spectrogram software to align my K2. When I build the cable to go from the earphone jack to the Line In on my sound card, do I wire it for mono or stereo? Mono or stereo plugs? Speaker wire or thin coax? Thanks

[Elecraft] Raspy CW

Hi again everyone, I was getting ready for my first Elecraft net report-in with my K2 when I heard a buddy in Utah calling off-frequency. I went down and caught him for a short to-do. A few minutes later, he called me on the land line and said my CW tone was very raspy. While he was on

[Elecraft] Problem? Don't know

73's everyone, I don't know if I have a problem or not. I have made several CW contacts with my newly built K2 during the past week. Most of them, the incoming signal goes in and out to a certain extent. For the most part, I can read most of the message but some it gets lost in the mud

[Elecraft] Airport Security

Because I work on ships on all three US coasts, I travel alot. I bring three radios, 220VAC-120VAC converters, wire dipoles, cameras, electronics parts, roll-on tool box and lots of other gear. The things that have caused me the most grief are: Native American flute, (club) electrolytic capaci

[Elecraft] Double Header

Hi everyone, K2 4275 is alive as of yesterday morning. Last night I also passed my General test. Now I can come down and play at the 40-meter watering hole. It got a little lonely up there between 7100-7150. Few people wanted to come up and play. I'll be reporting to my ship on July 1

[Elecraft] Double Header

Hi everyone, K2 4275 is alive as of yesterday morning. Last night I also passed my General test. Now I can come down and play at the 40-meter watering hole. It got a little lonely up there between 7100-7150. Few people wanted to come up and play. I'll be reporting to my ship on July 1

[Elecraft] Oscilloscopes

Hi all, When I first researched buying an oscilloscope, I tried EBAY. I found a nice 50-MHz Tektronix's and bought it. Unfortunately, it must have fallen off the truck because it was pretty much beat-up too badly to work. My next stop was the local instrument rental shop. They had o-sc

[Elecraft] New convert

I am a new HAM operator witha Tech+ ticket, (hopefully General after this weekend). I am presently building my K2 but it is going slowly due to lack of time. Last night, being pretty brain dead after four hours of studying for a commercial radio operators test, I decided to give 40-meters a try