Scott - The K2 is a great kit, a very nice transceiver. I built K2 # 54xx in spring 06. It went pretty much without a hitch, and at every build stage - it came thru fine and all specs were right. Great feeling.
One fact you might want to consider - Elecraft Inc. really doesn't have a "Service Department" per se. They go to great lengths to discourage anyone from sending a K2 back to them, for service or repairs. Their philosophy is pretty much self help, email help, or great help from the experts on the elecraft BB. When I finished mine - I thought for a time, that after I finished it - I would send it back to Elecraft for a professional factory alignment and checkout. NO they said. I think most Elecraft K1 and K2 builder/owners are tinkerers at heart, as many, if not most hams are. So it works for them. I also have a new IC-706MKIIG Icom transceiver. I don't think a typical owner ham would want to get to far into that rig and fix it themselves. Not unless they have a major service bench in their home. Fortunately they have several major U.S. service centers - and a 1 year buyer warranty. A current 706 has probably a couple hundreds or more SMD surface micro devices soldered almost everywhere. The K2, on the contrary, is built very modular and very logical - everything in its place. With almost NO WIRING cables inside - it all just flows board to board, device to device. A great design from the start. The K2 also is not a do everything rig (HF, VHF, UHF, etc.) ... and if you build it, your K2 will become very familiar to you ... and you will know it inside and out! A very satisfying feeling for a ham. Good Luck Fred N3CSY ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ 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
