Happy Holidays to all: To all those looking to split the KPA100 into an EC2 enclosure, take a look at Lyle's website: http://www.kk7p.com/k2kpa100.html It contains a very detailed explanation and lots of pictures of how to do it. The first part describes placing the KPA100 in an EC2 enclosure by itself, and as Don alluded to, there is some modification of the enclosure to allow the cables to pass from the K2 to the EC2 enclosure.
The second option shown is putting the KPA100 in an EC2 enclosure along with a KAT100. With this option all of the connections for power and RF can be accomplished internally and with the addition of a KIO2 board in the basic K2 makes for a very clean interface between the two boxes. In my case I chose to add a KIO2, KAT2 and KBT2 battery option to my basic K2 and then placed my KPA100 with my KAT100 into the EC2 enclosure. My goal was to enable me to unplug a few cables and take my K2 on the road or simply plug it all back in and I'm QRO again. I found the process to be nice and clean and seems to work very well. There is a mod to L1 on the AUXBUS board to the KIO2 that should be performed as well. For those who are looking to do this before you buy the KPA100 & KAT100 options, it will be much more cost effective to do it at the onset instead of how I did it after the fact. At the same time I also added a SmartCharger to run and charge the basic K2 as detailed on Don Wilhelm's web site. It provides enough power to run the K2 in receive mode and then top off the internal battery after transmitting use in way that is good for the battery. This option is a cheap version for me to still operate in a temporary power outage situation (QRP of course). If anyone has any questions, contact me off list and I'll answer all I can. So far I'm pretty happy with the setup and I think it looks good too. Maybe one of these days I'll put up a small website and put up some pics. Dave, W8FGU K2 #5099 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:elecraft- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Kantarjiev > Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 7:55 PM > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: RE: [Elecraft] KPA100 Elimination? > > I've always planned to extend my QRP K2 with a KPA100/KAT100 in > a separate EC2 - this would let me pack up my barefoot K2 for > /p operation without much nuisance, and still run QRO when desired. > > I figure that's at least 12-18 months away, given the other projects > I have lined up. If Eric and Wayne were to put together a KPA400/KAT400 > combination that fits in an EC2 and interfaces the same way, I > would almost certainly buy it, instead! > > I'm in no hurry to do this - I'm having lots of fun with QRP - but > I see the value in being able to run QRO at times. > > 73 de chris K6DBG > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
