I received my K2 kit in October, but Wilma wanted to see it so came right over the house. I have completed assembly steps 1 and 2. I have just been taking my time. On both smoke tests no problems. Fired right up. Before I even did the filters I hooked it to an antenna and was copying an I2 on SSB. After finishing the alignment I was copying cw signals that my IC-735 couldn't hear. Amazing. I know my 735 has a good receiver in it (it will stay here for QRO and SW listening) but this is a different class. I have not put the K2 up against my RX-321 because I am starting the final assembly. I don't think it will have any trouble against the Ten-Tec. I have been a ham 28 years and in Electronics almost as long. I sold my FT-990 to purchase the K2 and don't regret it one bit. The 990 had problems the Yaesu service guys couldn't fix (also some parts are no longer available) and since I didn't buy the extender boards I was up the creek. I feel confident I made a wise choice, and if anything does come up with the K2 I'll be able to handle it. BTW, I already have 2 Weller stations and a ton of tools. I've worked in places where ECN's were an almost daily occurrence, so adding parts, cutting lands etc does not really bother me. So so far no glitches, and by taking my time and double and triple checking before I install parts, no rework. I'll let you know when it is done. 73 all de Bob K3YT _______________________________________________ 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
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