I bought my K2/100 already built and use it as my Expedition radio and love it. Though I’ve built a KX1 in the past I haven’t had the pleasure of building a K2. I think I would enjoy building a bare bones QRP K2 just to have the experience. I built many Heathkits back in the day, and still use some of the test equipment I built.
Hmmm. So many projects, so short a lifetime! 73 Marty / W4MY > On Jun 30, 2018, at 08:57, Gary Watson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Great news for the K2 Wayne, > > I finished my K2/100 Twins about 1 1/2 yrs ago. It's the first rig I turn > on in the morning and the last I turn off at night even though I have a > K-Line. I can't believe how much pleasure that piece of equipment has > given me. This morning I'll be disconnecting the K2 this morning and > heading out to coffee with our little klub in Bigfork, MT. BARK/K7CMT > > We set up a little ham stick dipole up at 12 feet or so outside the coffee > shop and operate CW. Curious customers always are amazed the radio was a > kit. The CW ringing out from the speaker sounds so nice it draws people > over. We worked ON4UN with 10 watts about 6 months ago from there. It > shows how good his antenna's work! > > I hope every ham on the reflector orders one from you. Long live the K2. > > Gary/W7EE > > > >> On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 9:21 PM, Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> A few years ago, in a distant land known for its modular seafood >> delicacies, one of our vendors decided--without informing us--to stop >> producing a critical item used in the Elecraft K2: the LCD backlight. We >> got the news when we attempted to re-order early this year. >> >> Worse, they could never make them again. Both the dusty scrolls upon which >> the details were scribed and the monks who toiled in the secret factory had >> vanished. We would have to reinvent this particular wheel. >> >> That task has now been completed; we home-rolled our own backlight from >> modern materials. We’re pleased to announce that the new green glow is the >> equal of the old. Thus the K2 is reborn, on approximately the 20th >> anniversary of its first beta shipments. It’s in stock and ready to >> exercise kit-building muscles of all ages. >> >> Why build a K2? To summarize what our thousands of builders have told us: >> >> - it’s fun, and the fun can be shared (with one’s progeny, for example) >> >> - educational (you’ll learn a *lot* about how a radio works) >> >> - rewarding (it’s still the only high-performance, all-band HF kit radio) >> >> Regarding the K2’s performance, you may have read recent enthusiastic >> Field Day reports from its owners. This is no coincidence. The K2 was bred >> for success at battery-powered field outings, with both ultra-low current >> drain (~150 to 200 mA) and high blocking dynamic range (it’s one of very >> few low-cost transceivers to hit the magical 135 dB level, allowing >> co-located rigs to play fair). The K2 is also an analog superhet design, >> with crisp audio and very fast QSK. >> >> This is a great time to embark on a K2 adventure, given various specials >> in honor of summertime and the K2’s reemergence. You can find these >> specials on our order page (www.elecraft.com/elecraft_prod_list.htm). Or >> give us a call to talk about which K2 package would best suit your needs. >> >> A K2 can be upgraded at any time by installing your choice of several >> option modules. No particular order is required. The most popular options >> are the wide-range ATU (KAT2) and SSB module (KSB2). >> >> If I’ve left any of the K2’s technical or philosophical mysteries to your >> imagination, feel free to email me directly. >> >> 73, >> Wayne >> N6KR >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
