Hello, I knew this title would grab some attention ;-)
Well, since my K1 worked so well, I decided to build a K2. It took me 30 hours over three days. Everything works, but… First, the receiver is pretty deaf on 20m. Not much static at all, faint signals. I plugged in my K1 on the same wire, and what I could barely hear on 20m on the K2 came in full blast on the K1. The preamp helps a little, but not much. On 40m, the score is closer, but still advantage to the K1 over the K2 with preamp on. I can use FL1 and FL2, but with 3, the signal is very attenuated, with 4 (200Hz), usually gone. The other bands, I haven't listened enough yet to make a diagnosis… I can hear more static than on 20m. I have set the filters as indicated in the manual. The K1 has the ATU, would that make such a difference? I use a 35.5ft wire with 13ft counterpoise, directly out the BNC via a binding post. By the way, I do get full output power on the K2 on all bands. I precisely peaked all bands on receive, then on transmit with my QRP wattmeter. Any advise? Thanks! Gil. -- New site: http://radiopreppers.com PGP Key: http://keskydee.com/gil.asc ______________________________________________________________ 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
