Re: [Elecraft] New (second-hand) K2 owner, what now?

2019-06-19 Thread Don Wilhelm
Daniel, There is no composite change log for the firmware.  Most of the changes after MCU 2.03 were done to support new changes like support for the K60XV option. The change from 2.04P to 2.04r locked the sidetone source at U8-4 at the request of the support folks who got tired of answering

Re: [Elecraft] New (second-hand) K2 owner, what now?

2019-06-17 Thread Don Wilhelm
Daniel, All upgrades are included in all K2s after serial number 4300. The firmware should work fine. If you want to check the firmware level, hold any button while powering on and the MCU and KIOC levels will be briefly displayed - the latest is 2.04r/1.09. Since the KSB2 is installed,

Re: [Elecraft] New (second-hand) K2 owner, what now?

2019-06-17 Thread EricJ
Hi Daniel, I'll let others handle the bulk of your questions.  I have two K2's (s/n 567 and 6911). One QRP, the other with a KPA100. One with the KAF2 and the other with the KDSP2. I highly recommend the KAF2. For me, it has been very effective. With the KDSP2, I have to be retrained on how

Re: [Elecraft] New (second-hand) K2 owner, what now?

2019-06-17 Thread Francis Belliveau
Daniel, 1,3. As I first rig I might be inclined to check through all the calibrations, but there is no reason to not assume that all is okay for now and see how the rig performs; although filter tuning can be a little personal. So maybe get a copy of spectrogram, hook the rig to your computer

[Elecraft] New (second-hand) K2 owner, what now?

2019-06-17 Thread Daniel Solano Gómez
Hello, all, My name is Daniel, AG5UT, and I recently purchased a second-hand K2 (#5240) as my first HF rig. I believe it’s in good working condition—I haved been able to successfully confirm it transmits, but have yet to have a QSO. It has the following options installed: * KSB2 (1.08b) *