[Elecraft] Need advice - upgrade vs. new K2

2006-01-06 Thread Craig Black
This falls into the "help me rationalize what I want to do" bucket, but make it factual. I am an owner of a K2 sn 1014 who loves to build. It has SSB, NB, 160M, auto tuner and battery. (Also have a KX1 and a T1) Should I; 1. Upgrade the K2 and add the KP100 (Upgrades are about $140 total)...or 2.

Re: [Elecraft] Need advice - upgrade vs. new K2

2006-01-06 Thread Tom Althoff
- Original Message - From: "Craig Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 3:18 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Need advice - upgrade vs. new K2 > This falls into the "help me rationalize what I want > to do" bucket, but make it factual. > > I am

RE: [Elecraft] Need advice - upgrade vs. new K2

2006-01-06 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
One thing Wayne/Eric have been scrupulous about is to offer mods/updates to current K2 owners so their rigs work every bit as well as the latest one shipped. So you can't make your choice based on any possible performance improvement of a newer K2 over your older one if you have done the updates a

Re: [Elecraft] Need advice - upgrade vs. new K2

2006-01-06 Thread Jeff Stai
At 12:18 PM 1/6/2006, Craig Black wrote: >1. Upgrade the K2 and add the KP100 (Upgrades are >about $140 total)...or >2. Buy a new K2 with the SSB option and KP100 ? If you buy the new one you'll eventually end up doing the upgrade on the old one. The upgrade process was fun - I think you end up

RE: [Elecraft] Need advice - upgrade vs. new K2

2006-01-06 Thread Don Wilhelm
Craig, If you plan to keep it, I would say that you should upgrade the current K2 no matter what - and do ALL the upgrades and all the optional pieces too - including the Keying waveshape change, the PLL Temperature compensation change and the Extremely Strong signal Handling diodes (no parts kit

Re: [Elecraft] Need advice - upgrade vs. new K2

2006-01-07 Thread Nick Waterman
Don Wilhelm wrote: [...] > change and the Extremely Strong signal Handling diodes (no parts kit for > this last one, but it takes only 2 1N4148 diodes). I'm guessing you could order 2 * E560002 if you really wanted. For what it's worth, most recent E560002 "1N4148" diodes seem to be actually "PH4