My Elecraft K2 Radio Project

So I ordered my K2 on February 15, 2024. I believe there were parts shortages due to the pandemic, and was on back-order for a long time. On Saturday, November 30, exactly 289 days after I ordered it, the kit arrived! I was already familiar with the instructions because I bought an instruction book some time ago to familiarize myself with the build process. The first step was to inventory the parts. [Correction - the first step is to make all the changes from the Errata sheets, as some of the Errata changes involve parts changes]. Well I really don't wanna go through and open each of the bags and check each of the parts, but I did make sure all the bags were there. The parts are all in 6"x8" anti-static bags. This is good, all the bags easily fit together in the middle drawer of my tool box. They did send the wrong internal battery kit, but a quick email and they got the correct one in the mail. The next step after that is to go through and make updat...

So I suppose I should address why I chose to build an Elecraft K2 ? I first found out about the K2 when I was in graduate school, sometime around 2000 or shortly after. I ran across a post about it online somewhere, and was intrigued. There was also online chatter about amateur radio going to stop requiring Morse Code for its Amateur Radio License exams. I looked into it a bit but decided it was just too big of a bite while I was still in school. So then when I finally decided to get into amateur radio, I knew I wanted to build. I suppose I might like building as much if not more than the actual operation of the radio? I looked around and Heathkit had long ago gone bankrupt. There aren't a lot of kits out there. I found QRP Labs , and built a few of their kits. While these kits were fun, and the rigs pretty nice for the cost and trouble to build, I decided it was time to move to the next level. The Elecraft K2 has a great reputation. There are a number of blogs by fol...