Parts bags November 11, 2008

Serial Number 6615

Work Bench Area

Front Side of Control Board

Front Side of Front Panel board with Switches and controls mounted.

Back side of Front Panel board with all parts mounted.

Front Panel Assembly with most parts mounted.

First sort of parts for the RF board

RF Board with 17 latching relays and a few discrete parts mounted.

Initial Test of K2 LCD. No Smoke

Front Panel board and Control board in place for initial testing.

Control Board and RF board. Many more parts to be placed on RF board.

Resistors, diodes and capacitors being placed on RF board.

Resistor packs and Thermistor assembly on RF board

Capacitors sorted by size and type

Less common values sorted by size and style

Common vlaue capacitors in plastic tape containers for easy access.

Increasing number of parts on top of the RF board

December 12, 2008

Still a lot of empty solder pads on the RF board. Approximately 60 hours total invested in the project, 12/12/08

Toroids are beginning installed on the RF board, top and bottom.

Parts mounted on the bottom of the RF board.

RF Board - Most toroids and components in place

Bottom of RF Board, complete except for mounting power transistors.

Completed top side of RF board. Power transistors in place and all toroids mounted.

Power transistors in place on bottom of RF board.

Inside view from rear panel of the K2.

All buttoned up and ready for the first QSO. Installation of options will follow after a shake down cruse on 40 meters.

Installing option boards January 26, 2009

160 meter board and receive only antenna port on the left. Noise blanker option at top center.

DSP unit upper right of photo. The board also includes a clock and calendar option.

Over all view of K2 with 3 option boards installed. January 26, 2009

The K2 proudly takes it place in the ham shack.

WØUY radio bench.