Great commentary on the venerable K2. I had an experience that some on this reflector might find interesting. I purchased a Yaesu FT-991A solely for the purpose of VHF/UHF SSB/CW. (Our local group's been buggin' me to join them on 2m SSB, hihi.)
Well, I saw C8T on the cluster and decided to give them a call. I wanted to try the FT-991A on hf, so I unscrewed the PL-259 from the back of the K2/100, moved it over to the Yaesu, and tuned to 40m. Nothing heard. I made sure the filter selection was correct, toggled the IPO settings, etc., still nothing. Switched back to the K2/100 (S/N 3595, fresh from a Don Wilhelm, W3FPR, thorough upgrade and alignment.) and voilà, there was C8T. Oh it was weak, to be sure, but readable and subsequently in my log. I mentioned this to Joel Hallas, W1ZR, during an email discussion re. his FT-991A QST review and he commented that, while the K2 is a fine radio, he was surprised. I'm not, the K2's still higher on the Sherwood Receiver Test List for a reason. (Albeit that ranking's just by close in Dynamic Range, DR3.) I'll eventually get a CW optimized K3S, however, I'll always love my K2/100. Vy 73 de Bert WA2SI -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of engineercm Sent: Monday, April 01, 2019 10:53 To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] Out with the Old "I know, the K2 was not announced in the same year as bumper cars, but to some it is Old Stuff given the newer digital rigs of the day. My K2 #6011 is still very much alive and a joy to operate in CW (my preferred mode) as a QRP rig. Today, QRP rigs are available at a lower cost, but, IMHO, the K2 still offers the most enjoyment/$ for building and operating." ______________________________________________________________ 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
