[Elecraft] K2 12m Alignment

My Fluke doesn't measure caps below 100pf, so to test the K2's 12m BPF caps (including the 1pf), I ended up getting some cheap $15 made-in-China-junk called a "Honeytek A6013L Capacitor Tester" and assumed I would be returning it...but I was quite pleasantly surprised at its ability to pretty

[Elecraft] K2 12m alignment

Finished my K2 in the last few days and really enjoyed the build. It was just like old times. All bands except 12m have aligned OK...but I cannot get any more than .5W output on 12m - no matter the C44/46 trimmer cap settings or the power setting. And while it not fun, I pulled components

Re: [Elecraft] K2 12m alignment

; C46. Several of those were found not to meet the manufacturer's specs for > capacitance range and were dropped. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > > On 2/26/2017 5:41 PM, Robert Kasten wrote: > >> Finished my K2 in the last few days and really enjoyed the build. It was >>

[Elecraft] Some K2 notes after completion

Anthony - I have been working through a K2 (with literally every option available) project since January and am down to only one remaining option. Apart from the incorrectly supplied 12m bandpass trimmer caps issue mentioned a while back, I also had the 7185 waof issue you did. I ended up removing

[Elecraft] Who would spend 30 hours+ building an Elecraft K2? (plus: special pricing)

Thanks for taking the time to post that, Wayne! I was a little worried we were about to hear of the K2 going EOL. Almost exactly a year ago I bought a K2 and have since built every option available, and it has been a joyous experience. I just love every aspect of the K2. It is my favorite