A great many of the improvements in the K2 over the past several years have come directly from this reflector, starting with reports of issues that hadn't been discovered before and lots of effort by not only Wayne and Eric but customers here on the reflector who have the engineering skills and resources to develop and test solutions.
This work has included everything from fixing a tendency of the Audio Gain pot to get noisy to adding a DSP module and VHF UHF transverters to the product line. Improved filter performance, better IMD in digital modes, better VOX and audio levels in SSB...the list goes on and on. How many rigs can you buy that you can update regularly with the latest and newest design at nominal expense, and be able to pick the improvements that make sense to you? I have K2 S/N 1289 that I built four years ago and it has the same performance and operating features as the latest K2 just shipped from the factory. I have a hunch that if the K2 was a "factory built" rig and not friendly to open up on our home workbenches, we'd either be using out-of-date technology now or those of us with K2's would be thinking of selling them at the flea market to raise money for an all-new K6 or K7 with the same improvements we already have. Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- Thanks for the input Brian. I like the KISS approach the K2 uses... I'll still have the '850 as a backup once I get up the courage to beat my head against the wall long enough to track down the problem and fix it. If the Elecraft relfector is anything like the SteppIR one I spend a lot of time one, then I know I can trust the feedback. 100% of the guys on SteppIR love and would recommend their beams, but they still have issues to report and suggestions to improve the beam and good installation advice. Larry N8LP _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
