Catalog: The Elecraft K2/100
Company/Brand: Elecraft
building in The Elecraft K2/100 by Elecraft
A nyone who has surveyed a current catalog of amateur radio equipment is well aware of the wide selection thats available today. No longer must one choose between an HF and a VHF/UHF transceiver, since many of todays units incorporate coverage of amateur bands from 1.8 to 450 MHz. Accessories such as keyers and antenna tuners frequently are built-in, and many radios can be controlled from a computer, allowing users to set up a customized virtual front panel that meets their liking. Despite the broad selection of equipment thats available today, almost all of these new radios have one thing in common: ...

bands, CW only, with RS-232 remote control. Accessory kits add 160 meters, SSB operation, receive audio filtering, real-time clock, and a noise blanker. The K2/100 provides all the basic features one would expect from a modern HF transceiver, such as 100 watt output on SSB and CW, direct frequency entry to 10 Hz resolution, band-stacking registers, dual-VFOs, full QSK, RIT/XIT, band scanning, direct frequency readout for transverters, selectable CW receive sideband, and an iambic type A or B keyer with multiple CW message memories. All this in a lightweight package that measures just 3.4" 7.9" ...
for someone with very little kit-building experience. If you would like a K2/100 ... acquaint yourself with Elecraft kit building by constructing the lesscomplex K1 CW- ...