Great. Thanks for the tip. Downloaded and added to my ham to-do list, which
is rapidly getting lengthier. HI HI.
Lou W7HV
On Monday, May 10, 2021, 8:35:36 AM MDT, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]>
wrote:
Lou,
Download the K2 A to B instructions and inspect your K2 to see which
mods have been installed.
Physical inspection is the only way I know to do it.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 5/10/2021 8:21 AM, Louandzip via Elecraft wrote:
> One thing that's holding me up is doing the research to figure out which
>mods I've done and which I should do. Mine is 1818 and I fervently kept up
>with all the mods, updates, and tweaks for 3 or 4 years after I built it. You
>mention replacing the IF xtals. I know I did that at some point because I have
>a little paper envelope with the set I pulled out, and I remember doing the
>improved grounding mod of soldering the grounding wires to the base of the
>xtal cans. IIRC, at the time some were adding additional SMT bypass caps at
>the xtals but IDK where that went. There were many temp drift tweaks and mods
>going on too and I have many pages in my notebook experimenting with those,
>especially with the heat introduced by the KPA100. I have lot's of cryptic
>notes like: "Removed RF C180 to flatten 2nd IF filter. Added 10pF NPO in
>parallel with C72 to reduce VCO voltages. Set L30 for 6V. Removed 1 PLL xtal
>X1 per Wayne." and it goes on.
>
> Perhaps the main obstacle is it's still working FB for me. There's always
> that sage piece of wisdom lurking in the back of my mind, "Don't fix it if it
> ain't broke." HI HI
> Lou W7HV
>
>
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