I am pleased to report that K2 s/n 5853 is in the transmitter alignment phase, and all is going well. Work was interrupted for a few days because we lost power in Thursday's ice storm here in STL. The house was down to 50 deg. F, when power was finally restored.
Christine at Elecraft does a superb job at stuffing those parts bags. At one point, I relied on her work to provide me with a parity check of sorts on my capacitor installation. I got suspicious when I had a "561" cap left over but was missing a "560" cap. I reviewed all the other spots that were supposed to receive a"560," and sure enough I found I had made an error. I was able to remove the misplaced cap and save it too. The receiver sounds great, and compares favorably with my Ten Tec Omni 6 loaded with INRAD filters. When doing the BFO calibration, I followed the recommended settings, which I understand are based on a 600 Hz pitch. I like to use narrow filters at a 400 Hz pitch. I'd like to set up for the following filter sequence: 600, 400, 300, 150 Hz bandwidths. Is there a formula I can use to calculate the BFO frequencies I need for CW normal and reverse to get the pitch and bandwidths I want? Have others produced their own charts or lists of customized BFO settings ? I apologize if I've missed something in the manual or in the list archives. 73, Chuck NI0C _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
