Same here, built mine way back when. Serial number 586. Won’t part with it…
John K7FD > On May 9, 2021, at 12:42 PM, Louandzip via Elecraft > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Totally agree. The last K2 I built it keeper. It's a FB rig with great > sounding RX that holds up well in tuff cndx. FWIW, it's also happens to be > the first and only K2 I've built. That was in Dec '00 when the the Elecraft > reflector was all builders, homebrewers, experimenters, QRP CW ops... It was > great fun. My K2 has gotten a lot of mods and updates but still needs a > number more to get more up to date. > > Lou W7HV > > > > On Friday, May 7, 2021, 6:47:37 PM MDT, Doug Person <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I've built 5 K2s. The last one is a keeper. I built several for other > people. I still get a kick out of turning it on and making contacts with > a "kit" radio. Mine is a 100 watts, ssb adapter and the outboard tuner. > Wired for a Kenwood hand mike. I often think that if it was the only rig > I owned I would be completely satisfied. Receiver sounds great and I get > great audio reports. If anyone has ever considered building one - go for > it. The satisfaction of turning it on and making contacts with something > you put some serious time in to build is an experience I highly > recommend. I don't know if I've ever operated a better cw transceiver. > And even in a crowded band on 20, it can hold its own. I love it. > 73, Doug -- K0DXV > >> On 5/7/2021 5:50 PM, Carl Clawson wrote: >> I'm 20 years late to the game but I finally built a K2. What a satisfying >> project to build, and a delightful rig to operate. It doesn't have all the >> performance and features of my fully-updated K3, but it's a great little >> radio nonetheless. >> >> I finished the final alignment and test Tuesday and have used it a couple >> evenings now. >> >> Now to build the SSB adapter and the 100 W amp. >> >> 73, Carl WS7L >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
