I just acquired a K2 built by someone else and have begun evaluating it for
my station. Having built and used many Heathkits over the years, I can say
that there's no comparison between the K2 and Heathkits. I've noticed no
drift whatsoever. The SSB option works perfectly, but I've not yet gotten
into the speech processor option, so can't comment there. The flexibility
and performance of the variable crystal filter is quite remarkable on all
modes, and gives you the equivalent of a few hundred dollars worth of
filters in the traditional HF rig. The K2 is definitely not a kit project
for the beginner. For an experienced ham however, it's a rig that you'll
likely NEVER have to ship off for alignment and/or repairs because of the
very serviceable design and the support available from the manufacturer and
the Elecraft reflector.

K8AC


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I've just started to shop for my first transceiver and Elecraft K2/100
looks very good. My first radio was a heathkit sw built in the early
60's, and I have good electronics assembly skills/tools -- so building
not a problem.

Questions:

1. I can't find much info on frequency drift. How is it in your
experience?

2. how well does the ssb option work? If its not a full speech
processor, is this an issue?