Don,
Thanks for the advice. I will leave the ESD parts as they are. I was
mainly going to use the plastic containers for other items like
capacitors, resistors and misc hardware that can be misplaced. In your
experience what should I concentrate on the parts inventory?
73,
Ed KE7HGA
Hi Bob,
Good idea, I have already sorted them by type so hopefully that will
eliminate any trouble. Finished the parts inventory so now it's time to
get started.
73, Ed
KE7HGA
On 2/8/11 6:31 PM, Robert Harmon [via Elecraft] wrote:
Ed,
Be especially vigilant about screw type/lengths
Elecrafters,
Okay K2 #7109 was delivered today. I'm going to take my time and follow as
best I can all the excellent advice I have received from many of you on the
reflector, starting with a parts inventory.
I was thinking of using the little plastic left over containers that I have
been
Ed,
Congratulations, and enjoy building it. Follow the instructions to the
letter and do a good job of soldering -- it will work and serve you well.
Be aware that many plastics can gather static charges, so don't put
active devices (ICs, transistors, diodes, etc) in them - if the part is
Ed,
Be especially vigilant about screw type/lengths during assembly. Some are very
similar.
Otherwise you will discover later during the assembly that the wrong screws
were used
on something and you have to go back and make the correction. Ask me how I
know this, hi,hi.
Congratulations on
Well I have officially taken the plunge and ordered a K2 today. After much
consideration about how to configure my K2 I decided that I will make a QRP
version. With an SSB, DSP, internal tuner options. I'm not sure what else
I might need. I was thinking about going the 100 watt option but I
, Montana, K2 serial number 40
-Original Message-
From: EMD
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 1:35 AM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] Taken the plunge!
Well I have officially taken the plunge and ordered a K2 today. After much
consideration about how to configure my K2
, 2011 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Taken the plunge!
You will not be disappointed. Just last night I worked 160 meter Delaware
and Kentucky, QRP 10 watt SSB to 10 watt SSB, and many other QRO stations.
I can work any state on 160 with 5 watt CW. Astonishes the Big guns. Its
all about
There is no 'have to' about it. Many, in fact probably most, QRP
operators do not add /QRP to their callsigns. It is questionable
whether it is legal under most amateur licences anyway.
I have been using my K2 at 5W for nearly 9 years now and have worked
all sorts of DX. I never use /QRP when
I'm in upload mode, from the 160 test, where there are over 250 Qs in the log,
with over 50 mults, for 9 hours of play,
and not nary a one of those Qs had me signing /QRP, even when the PJ2 that
called me. There may have been one or two ops that
gave me their /qrp.. but I pretty much ignored
Back in the 50's and 60's, signing /QRP was promoted as a way to encourage
QRP operation.
I suspect that is the reason it's still used today.
Of course back in the 50's QRP was 50 watts d-c input (typically 30 watts
or so output) but many Hams had the idea that operating outside the Novice
Hello Ed,
Well done!! When you can get your K2 up and running, I am certain that you
will find it to be a lot of fun to use and to be a great DX Machine in a
small box!
73,
Geoff
GM4ESD
On Sunday, January 30, 2011 at 08:35Z, Ed KE7HGA wrote:
Well I have officially taken the plunge and
Hello Geoff,
Thanks! I have been putting a K2 off for some time now but I am glad
that I have ordered one and am looking forward to getting started. It
will not be an elaborate set up as far as antenna's go due to local
restrictions but I really like the idea of be portable anyway.
73, Ed
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