Subj : Re: K2 question
To   : JIM EDMONDSON
From : DAVID PRATT
Date : Wed Sep 12 2001 07:14 am

Hello Jim -
I also had a bit of trouble on 20m as one of the ceramic trimmers was just
a tad small on capacity.  I ended up buying another 50pF trimmer that
measured 60pf on the bridge and that enabled me to get a definite peak.

-> After eliminating all the obvious, padded the
-> trimmers with about 10 pF caps and that brought the BPF into range. 
Gary at
-> elecraft is sure nice to work with on these sort of issues!

-> I finished the SSB and 160M boards without a problem.  The SSB board was
a
-> challenge on the old eyes but worked first time. Finishing the KATU
tonight, if
-> it all works. ;-)  So far I'm very impressed with this little rig.  I
hope to
-> order the KAF2 and KNB2 soon to keep up the building momentum.  What is
your
-> impression of the noise blanker?  Is it a worthwhile addition?

The ATU is magic, Jim, but I am not sure about the Noise Blanker.  It all
depends on the type of noise you want to blank!  We are told it works fine
on pulsating noise like car ignition, etc, but on the sort of noise I get
in the shack, it's useless ;-(  Perhaps, if there was something in the K2
that I would miss out, it would be the noise blanker.

73

David G4DMP
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