Bob, WB2SRF wrote: Just completed building my K2 Serial #05622 with NB and SSB options installed it went together smoothly, the problems was some distortion caused by the built in speaker. Bending the frame slightly solved the problem for now. Just received a replacement speaker thanks to Elecraft customer service and will replace the speaker if it acts up.
Wired up a cheap 600 Ohm dynamic CB microphone that I picked up at the Sussex NJ hamfest and found that it has good audio and plenty of punch with the compressor set to 2::1. -------------------------------- Bob, my old S/N 1289 (2000 vintage) had a bent speaker frame. That happens in shipment, apparently, because the metal of the frame is too soft for the weight of the big magnet on it when the box it's in is banged very hard. After straightening mine back then it's been FB. Be sure to check your SSB output on 10 meters. That's the band where the audio level from the mic is the most critical. Mics that easily produce full output on 40 meters often can't make anywhere near full output on 10. That's because the overall transmitter gain is lower on the higher bands, requiring more audio from the mic to make full power. Ron AC7AC _______________________________________________ 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 Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
