Jeff,
All the mods that have an 'official' Elecraft blessing are included in
the K2 kit already.
There is also a large list of other 'special purpose' mods that one can
add - for instance one can order the board for my K2 Fixed Audio Output
from Tom Hammond N0SS (www.n0ss.net), or you can build and add my CW PTT
for the K2 if you have need for that. Many others are in a similar
classification - determine your needs and pick and chose accordingly.
One thing I do on a KSB2 build that I would recommend is to ground the
crystals on the sides, near the base - it is not difficult if you plan
the order of mounting the crystals with this in mind and mount the
crystals one at a time, then solder the ground wire.
73,
Don W3FPR
W7BRS wrote:
As I wait patiently for my K2 kit to arrive I am wondering if the list
could chime in with opinion about what mods and/or options are best to
install DURING initial construction of the K2?
Before I get the flood of email telling me to build the stock K2
first then add the options, I know. I'm talking about the mods that
you wished you had known about prior to starting K2 building so you
could save one or two rounds of case-opening or old-work mods to the
board(s).
I plan on building the K2 stock, plain, first. Test, calibrate,
etc.. then build and install the SSB option, test, calibrate, etc..
Then operate it for a while before I think of the PA/AT options. But
browsing the Elecraft website for the copious mods out there for the
K2, I began to wonder if there was better sense in putting in _some_
of the critical/important mods to the RF/FP board during initial
construction.
If this has already been covered in a FAQ, please accept my apologies
for wasting the bandwidth (and send me the URL to the FAQ? ;-))
Thanks,
-jeff
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