who has surveyed a current catalog of amateurradio equipment is well aware of the ... of todays units incorporate coverage of amateur bands from 1.8 to 450 MHz. Accessories ... frequently are built-in, and many radios can be controlled from a computer, ... today, almost all of these new radios have one thing in common: They all ... basically ubiquitous. In the past, an amateur who wanted to adopt an approach ... different from simply taking a radio out of the box and plugging it in could ... of kits on the market are simple QRP radios. Many amateurs long to get back to ... Burdick, N6KR, formerly of Wilderness Radio QRP fame, saw this need for a high- ... performance amateurradio transceiver kit with the basic features ... of the Elecraft K2/100. If you are an amateur who has always wanted to build your own ...
two top covers allow you to change the radio from a QRO K2/100 to a QRP K2 just by ... . No longer do you have to buy one radio for home/mobile use and another for ... you wont find them in the K2/100. This radio was designed to perform, not to dazzle ... transceiver, keep in mind that the radio employs a high-performance receiver ... that it lacks a few features that some amateurs may consider stock on a transceiver of ... K2/100 is the fact that you build the radio yourself. To be sure, there is a bit of ... is a large part of its appeal to some amateurs. The manual and all associated ... inductors or transformers in this radio. While winding toroids is not ...
it yourself, Elecraft has a list of amateurs who will build your radio for a nominal ... really excels in its support of CW. The radio supports a total of nine CW memories, ... up while maintaining readability. The radio also supports a scanning feature for CW ... operators havent been forgotten, as the radio supports a separate data mode which ... could be used to support control of the radio over an 802.11 wireless networking link ... in Table I. All in all, the K2/100 is a radio that will give you a sense of ownership ...