Peter, The K2 generates a very good and clean SSB signal. One point that may be considered 'weak' is the need to use a microphone with the higher output levels (the Heil HC4 and HC5 elements are low output and may need a pre-amp). The other 'weakness' of the K2 SSB is the absense of anti-vox. IF you mainly use PTT for SSB operation (as I do) then the K2 will serve you well on SSB, but if VOX is a major requirement, you may find some weakness there. There is a mod out there in cyberspace which adds anti-VOX and improves the VOX on the K2 - if you are interested look for Stewart Baker's information.
As with CW, the K2 BFO settings for SSB FL1 will make a good or a poor signal on the air, but that is easily rectified with a session with Spectrogram. I am certain there are a number of K2s out there with poorly aligned SSB FL1 filters, and that alone could generate some negative opinions about the K2 on SSB. 73, Don W3FPR > -----Original Message----- > > I bought a K2 for SSB use ( + DSP option ). > > In various reviews ( e.g. EHAM ) I noticed that K2's CW > performance can't be > praised too highly, but there is a bit reserve as to the SSB performance. > > In which respects - if at all - lags the SSB performance ? > And what would cause this ? > > Thanks for any comment. > _______________________________________________ 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
