Incredible! Just had my first contact on my K2. Just built the basic cw rig first, as suggested. Thank you Graham, G3XTZ for the 80m contact (not next door, 200 miles!) Now for the options!
Only real problem was recording the VCO voltages, when I couldn’t understand why the readings were the same, as I wound the synthesiser up to 28mHz, then realised you must use the band buttons, didn’t realise until it failed to do a CAL PLL telling me it was the wrong band. Getting the bands in order again was a challenge! The only other challenge was trying to compress the tilt bail while you put the screws in! (build up your muscles first!) Final comments - take your time, check everything as you do it, and as others have said, when you feel tired, stop! Result: each stage worked first time! Thanks Elecraft for a great project, thanks also to this reflector which I had been watching for a while and was very helpful learning from others’ experiences. 73, John, G3WWT -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K2-7040-is-alive-tp5785160p5785160.html Sent from the [K2] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
