> For someone building a K2 for the first time, about 40 hours is the norm > for the base K2 (no options).
While I didn't log actual hours worked while building my K2, I did mark all dates worked in my K2 manual during construction. I worked on it over 38 sessions from early August through early October, and I think, on the average, a work session was about 1.5 hours. I know I put in a lot more hours for the last few sessions, trying to push through to completion. So, I'd estimate that, including inventory time in late July, I worked about 70 hours to build a base K2. So, my experience is probably an "outlier" ... but my method was check the component once, check it twice, and maybe check it a third time (comparing the instruction in the manual to the part I had just stuffed), and only then apply the solder. I always examined each solder joint right after soldering (they were all good) and I always compared against the schematic if I thought I might have a solder bridge (never happened). BTW, also wound my own toroids ... I actually found that to be one of the more enjoyable activities of the K2 build. Enjoy the build! - Bruce ----- Bruce Rosen K1FFX K2/100 6982 -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K2-Kit-Building-Time-tp6293020p6295660.html Sent from the Elecraft 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
