RE: [Elecraft] K2 #6110 Is Alive

2007-08-07 Thread Don Nesbitt
Congratulations Clark! RE: item #2 - Gray touch-up paint for the K1/K2 is available directly from Elecraft. It's a little pricy at $10 for 1 oz. Of course, for the truly fastidious, it's a bargain! See: http://www.elecraft.com/order_form_parts.htm#paint Have fun with your new addition :-) 73

[Elecraft] K2 #6110 Is Alive

2007-08-06 Thread Clark Macaulay
The newborn K2 was born on Saturday, 8/5. Father and baby are doing fine. The first contacts were in the NAQSOP. What a gas to work US stations on 10w. I have two small questions, both of them of cosmetic nature. 1) I ran short about 10 lockwashers. In reviewing some the build

RE: [Elecraft] K2 #6110 Is Alive

2007-08-06 Thread Craig Rairdin
2) The heatsink has the new holes punched in the bottom for the transverter but the holes were not covered with that neat tape I used black tape to cover my holes. Consider mounting BNC jacks or whatever fits there just to fill the holes. Craig NZ0R

Re: [Elecraft] K2 #6110 Is Alive

2007-08-06 Thread Don Wilhelm
Clark, There is no grey tape - it is green (or beige) tape that has been hit with the spray gun in the powder coating process. You can use a bit of touch-up paint to coat the masking tape if you want. The holes in the lower panel are sized for RCA jacks (the transverter holes in the top