I'm 20 years late to the game but I finally built a K2. What a satisfying
project to build, and a delightful rig to operate. It doesn't have all the
performance and features of my fully-updated K3, but it's a great little
radio nonetheless.
I finished the final alignment and test Tuesday and have
I've built 5 K2s. The last one is a keeper. I built several for other
people. I still get a kick out of turning it on and making contacts with
a "kit" radio. Mine is a 100 watts, ssb adapter and the outboard tuner.
Wired for a Kenwood hand mike. I often think that if it was the only rig
I owned
Totally agree. The last K2 I built it keeper. It's a FB rig with great
sounding RX that holds up well in tuff cndx. FWIW, it's also happens to be the
first and only K2 I've built. That was in Dec '00 when the the Elecraft
reflector was all builders, homebrewers, experimenters, QRP CW ops...
I agree too—Built 7926 with the KAT100 and board options. Wonderful rig and as
fun to operate as to build.
73, k5mm, ron
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> On May 9, 2021, at 2:41 PM, Louandzip via Elecraft
> wrote:
>
> Totally agree. The last K2 I built it keeper. It's a FB rig with great
> sounding
I'd love to find and do the mod that would let me use a small SDR
receiver as a spectrum display. I've been spoiled by this extra
dimension that is becoming common on new transceivers. My K2 also has
great sounding audio - I use a small, efficient HiFi speaker - something
that Radio Shack had m
Same here, built mine way back when. Serial number 586. Won’t part with it…
John K7FD
> On May 9, 2021, at 12:42 PM, Louandzip via Elecraft
> wrote:
>
> Totally agree. The last K2 I built it keeper. It's a FB rig with great
> sounding RX that holds up well in tuff cndx. FWIW, it's also
Doug,
I have a write up here: https://www.w8fgu.com/k2pan.html for using a
SDRPlay unit and HDSDR software to make a panadapter that works pretty
well on the K2. It requires the IF Buffer amp designed by Jack Smith,
K8ZOA (SK) and sold by DX Engineering to be installed in the K2 to
provide K2
Yep. I am working toward adding a panadapter to my K2 using the IF buffer
board from DX Engineering and probably a SDRplay RSP1A. I have a $25 RTL-SDR
stick I'm experimenting with but I don't think it'll have the necessary
performance. Here are the links:
https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/
Oops. Those links got run together. If parsed at https they work. sri about
that.
On Sunday, May 9, 2021, 3:22:36 PM MDT, Louandzip via Elecraft
wrote:
Yep. I am working toward adding a panadapter to my K2 using the IF buffer
board from DX Engineering and probably a SDRplay RSP1
Exactly what I hope to do. I have the original RSP1 which is a pretty
decent receiver. I often pair it with an old Swan 270 for a transmitter.
Kinda fun.
My problem is age. My hands are not very steady these days. I've had
some nerve damage in my dominant hand. I can barely sign my name.
Fort
#7997 is alive
Doug,
I have a write up here: https://www.w8fgu.com/k2pan.html for using a SDRPlay
unit and HDSDR software to make a panadapter that works pretty well on the
K2. It requires the IF Buffer amp designed by Jack Smith, K8ZOA (SK) and
sold by DX Engineering to be installed in the K2 to
I wish you all would stop talking about how much fun it is to build a
K2! It makes we want to order one or two! But I'm trying to save up my
pennies for when the K4 comes out in kit form. And I'm still not tired
of my trusty KX3, yet!
david
KC1DNY
in the forests of Maine
On 5/7/2021 8:46 P
Building a K2 takes quite an investment of time. But, once you've
completed it and made your first QSO where you proudly say "Rig here is
an Elecraft K2 that I just finished building...", you have a sense of
ownership unlike anything you just took out of a box and plugged in.
It's a marvelous l
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