Re: [Elecraft] K2: Filter and BFO Settings for RTTY

2010-10-02 Thread Jon Perelstein
Don, Thanks for the response and info. The wording in the Operating Manual made me think that the same values are used for RTTY as for SSB, my mistake. I used Spectogram (surprisingly easy) and have everything working nicely now. On the digital transmission heat issue. The rig is ok on

Re: [Elecraft] K2: Filter and BFO Settings for RTTY

2010-10-02 Thread Don Wilhelm
Jon, Look to computer shops for fans from defunct computers - often you can get them for free. Put a resistor in series to reduce the fan speed (and noise), and place the fan over the PA transistor area of the heat sink. The fan should pull air away from the heat sink for the most

Re: [Elecraft] K2: Filter and BFO Settings for RTTY

2010-10-02 Thread George Winship, NC5G
jperelst wrote: For now I've got a desk fan pointed at the rig when doing longer transmissions and that's keeping the rig cool and stable. I'll find myself a muffin fan or smaller desk fan at the next hamfest. Jon, You might want to check out Tom Hammond's web site at

[Elecraft] K2: Filter and BFO Settings for RTTY

2010-10-01 Thread Jon Perelstein
I'm having a problem with the BFO settings for RTTY. The outputs on the different filters are centered at significantly different places in the waterfall. For R-Reverse, they're as follows: Filter WidthCenter on Waterfall ---

Re: [Elecraft] K2: Filter and BFO Settings for RTTY

2010-10-01 Thread Don Wilhelm
Jon, The default BFO frequencies for the RTTY filter set will not be optimum for your K2, you will have to optimize them the same as you must do for SSB and CW if you are to achieve decent filters. A note of interest - due to the varactors that were supplied with K2s over the past year, the