Re: [Elecraft] K2 Poor sensitivity

Hi John and Don, Thanks for your responses. Very useful information. for John: Thanks for the link. I'm not sure that my ears really understand what a 30dB S/N ratio sounds like but for sure with well over 1uV input (which is -107dBm) I was not getting what I think of as 30+ dB S/N. With the

[Elecraft] K2 Poor sensitivity

Hi group, I bought a used K2 some time ago. I've not used it much but it seemed to work fine. I recently upgraded it with the SSB option and the 60m/transverter option. I had to go through the BFO re-alignment procedure in order to make the filters work properly after installing the SSB

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Poor sensitivity

Hi All, Firstly, thanks for all of your help. I checked the RFCs on the SSB board as per Steve's suggestion and they were OK, although my problem was quite similar (see below). Also, thanks to Frank for your suggestion. As I'm in the UK it is quite cost prohibitive to send the radio to Don.