Re: [Elecraft] how much harder to build: K2 vs K1?

2010-01-21 Thread lstavenhagen
Ok, thanks Don and everyone. I've looked through the soldering tutorial and will try to get some practice in. I have a weller soldering station with several different 700F tips. I ordered solder, wick, some tools and an anti-stat mat from Mouser yesterday so they should arrive around the same

[Elecraft] how much harder to build: K2 vs K1?

2010-01-01 Thread Mike Morrow
LS wrote: I decided to go with the K1 ... Regardless of if you later decide to build a K2, I think you'll like the K1 enough to keep it too. It's a very nice, very capable, great performing compact radio. It looks good too. ...with 2 band module... Now there's where I think you're making a

Re: [Elecraft] how much harder to build: K2 vs K1?

2009-12-30 Thread Daniel
Back in late 2000, the K2 was my first kit ever! Since then, I've built an SST, DSW, a couple DSWII's, SMK-1, and a couple other little kits. I Didn't think the K2 was too hard to build. The instructions were very clear and the step by step was easy to follow. I took my time and made sure