Elecraft K2 Schematics

Compiled by Sverre Holm, LA3ZA, from manual pages of www.elecraft.com

Rev 1.0 - 18 February 2005

Contents:
1. K2 Block Diagram Rev D 3
2. K2 Schematic Key Rev D 4
3. K2 Front Panel Board Rev C 5
4. K2 Control Board Rev F 6
5. K2 RF Board Rev F 7
6. K2 Manual Errata Rev F-2 11

7. KPA100 Schematics Rev G 12

8. KPA100 Errata Rev C-3 14

9. KSB2 Schematics Rev F 15

10. SSB Bandwidth Modification Rev A 16

11. K160RX Schematics Rev A 18

12. KNB2 Schematics Rev D 19

13. KBT2 Schematics 20

14. KAT2 Schematics Rev F 21

15. KAT100 Schematics Rev B 23

16. KIO2 Schematics Rev E 26

17. KDSP2 Schematics Rev C2 27

18. KAF2 Schematics Rev A 29

19. K60XV Schematics Rev B 30

20. K60XV Errata Rev A-3 31

These schematics may be used for personal non-commercial use only.

(c) 1999-2005 Elecraft, Inc
 T-R

BAND- POWER LOW-PASS

T-R PASS T-R DRIVER AMP FILTERS
FILTERS (15W)

AGC

4.915MHz

ATTEN. POST- CRYSTAL

RCV NOISE
AND MIXER T-R FILTERS T-R I.F. AMP
MIXER BLANKER
PREAMP AMP

XMIT BAL.
BUFFER MIXER MOD. PROD.
DETECTOR

PLL VCO MCU AND

SYNTH. 6 - 24MHz SUPPORT BFO AUDIO
CIRCUITS 4.915MHz FILTER,
AF AMP

Shaft Encoder

KEY DISPLAY
Common Transmit Receive AND CONTROLS

Appendix C BLOCK DIAGRAM

W. Burdick/E. Swartz Rev. D 1-9-04
 Relay Table Diodes
SET Relays
MV209, 1SV149
Band BPF LPF VCO 1Nxxxx

160m K2 160m-K1 -
80m K2, K3 K8 K13
+60m K1, 60m-K1 K12 K13, K14
*40m ALT K1 K12 K13, K14
40m K1 K12 K14
30m K3, K4 K9 K14, K15
20m K4 K9 K13, K14, K15 Transistors
2SC2166
17m K5 K11 K13, K15
2N3906 2SC1969
15m K5, K6 K11 K15 2N7000 PN2222A 2N5109
12m K6, K7 K10 K13, K14, K15 C
ZVN4424 MPS5179 J310
10m K7 K10 K13, K15

+ 60 meters is available only if the K60XV option is installed.

*40m ALT applies if D19-D20 are not installed.
S D E C D G
NOTE: All relays are single-coil latching type and are G B S C E
B
shown in the RESET position in schematics. B C E
Relay pins 5 and 6 are not connected internally.

Integrated Circuits
PLASTIC DIP VOLTAGE REGULATORS
VCO Table VCO Freq.
(DUAL-INLINE PACKAGE)
78L05, -06 2930T-8, 78XX
Band Fixed Cap., pF Total Cap., pF* at band edge** 1 8 GND
2 7
160m C75 (470) 525-629 6715 (subtract) 3 6
80m C72 (270) 325-429 8415 (subtract) 4 5
OUT GND IN
60m C71+C73 (129) 215-259 10165 (subtract)
***40m ALT C71+C73 (129) 163-209 11915 (subtract) COUNT PINS STARTING AT
40m C71 (120) 154-203 11915 (subtract) PIN 1 AND GOING COUNTER- IN OUT
30m C73+C74 (67) 102-131 14915 (subtract) CLOCKWISE (8-PIN DIP SHOWN)
GND
20m C74 (20) 55-84 18915 (subtract)
17m none (0) 35-64 22915 (subtract)
15m C73 (47)
12m C74 (20)
82-111
55-84
16085 (add)
19975 (add)
Special Symbols
10m none (0) 35-64 23085 (add)
= On bottom of PC board. Jumper
* This includes capacitance of varactor diodes D23-D26 on all bands, D21-D22
on 80 -160 m, and D19-D20 on 40 and 60 meters (if applicable). Only a
portion of the indicated capacitance range is actually used to cover
each Amateur band segment. VCO frequency can be calculated based on
a total inductance of 0.95 µH (T5 in parallel with L30). Elecraft K2 Schematic Key
** Based on an I.F. of 4915 kHz (e.g., 6715 - 4915 = 1800). By W. Burdick Rev. Date Sht.
5250 kHz used as 60-meter lower band edge (pending U.S. FCC ruling). E.Swartz D 10/23/02 1 of 1
***40m ALT applies if D19-D20 are not installed.
Appendix B
 S10
S11
S12
S13
S14
S15
S16
S17
S18
S19
S20
S21
S22
S23
/BANK1 /BANK2

S1
S0

S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
S8
S9
5A

MODE A/B A=B

BAND+ DISPLAY
Backlight 30 25 20 15 10 7 S1 S2 S8 VOX S9 REV S10 SPLIT
RECALL RF/ALC
#1 #2 #3

8F,E,AN

8A,G,D

8B,C,DP

7F,E,AN

7A,G,D

7B,C,DP

6F,E,AN

6A,G,D

6B,C,DP

5F,E,AN
5A,G,D

5B,C,DP
4F,E,AN

4A,G,D

4B,C,DP

3F,E,AN
3A,G,D

3B,C,DP
2F,E,AN

2A,G,D

2B,C,DP

1F,E,AN
1A,G,D

1B,C,DP
LEDs
/BANK1
DS1
D2 D5 D4 D4 D3
5A Bargraph D2 D3

COM1

COM2

COM3

COM3

COM2

COM1
Brightness VIM-838-DP 8-DIGIT LCD /BANK2
Control 1 2 3 4 5 6 PRE/ATTN AGC XFIL
BAND- ANT1/2
S3 S4 S11 SPOT S12 CW REV S13 AFIL
R10 STORE TUNE #5 #6
#4
R9 R11
33
220 470 U1
LCD Driver PCF8566
D6 D1 D5 D2 D6
/NIGHT S23
(S0 through S23 connected to DS1; only S0 and S23 shown)

40 35 30 25 21
RATE RIT XIT MSG
MENU NB

S23

S22

S21

S20

S19

S18

S17

S16

S15

S14

S13

S12

S11

S10

S9

S8

S7

S6

S5

S4
S5 S6 S7 LOCK S14 PF1 S15 PF2 S16 REC
Q1 Q2 EDIT LEVEL
#0 #7 #8 #9
PN2222A

/SYNC

VLCD
SDA

SA0
VDD

OSC

VSS

BP0

BP2

BP1

BP3
SCL

CLK
C1

A0

A1

A2

S0

S1

S2

S3
4.0V DAY (18mA/LED) D7 D0 D3 D1 D7 D0
.047
2.7V NIGHT (6mA/LED) 1 5 10 15 20

RP2 120 (based on LED Vf=1.9V)

1 D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 RP1 Pushbutton Switches
IDAT ICLK 100K
2V

2
First switch label corresponds to switch TAP,
R12
S0 Second label corresponds to switch HOLD.

3
120
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 S7 - S16 can also be used as a numeric keypad.

4
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 C9
R16 R15

5
.01 10K
15K

6
LED Array DS2 5A
/SPD RD

/MIC RD
/BANK1

/BANK2

7
8
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 (spare)

9 10
/ENC RD

11

12

13

14

1
Z1

3
4

6
5A
14

15

16

17

18

14

15

16

17

18
4

H
B

G
A
/Q1

/Q4

SOUT

/Q1

/Q4

SOUT

Shaft Encoder
/Q0

/Q2

/SRCLR /Q3

/Q5

/Q6

/Q7

/Q0

/Q2

/SRCLR /Q3

/Q5

/Q6

/Q7

U2 R1 5K

CLK INH
V+
V-

SH/LD
A
B
74HC165 Keyer Speed

VCC
/QH

GND
CLK
SER
SRCK

SRCK

4 3 2 1

QH
VCC

RCK

VCC

RCK
GND

GND

GND

GND

GND
GND
SIN

SIN
/G

/G

/SPD RD

15

10
1

2
cw

7
16
ccw

8
5A
12

13

19

12

13

19
11

11
10

10
9

3
2

ENC B

ENC A
C3
.047 D4
/SR RD SR CK SR DIN 5A R2 5K
U3 Power Out
U4 C2
SR DOUT

6B595
SR CK
SR WRT
5A

6B595 .01 /BANK1

ccw cw
To RF Board, P1

D5
J1
J2 R5 5K
5A R4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Mic RP3 5K RIT/XIT Offset
8 7 10K R.F. Gain /BANK2
1 AF MIC AF
cw
1

ccw

AUXBUS (NC)

SR DOUT

SR WRT
SR CK
ENC A
/SR RD
SR DIN

5A
ENC B
2 PTT
2

cw ccw
3 DN /DOT-PTT
3

D6
4 UP
4

6 1N5817
5 FUNC V POTS
5

Q3
6 5V RP3 2N3906 V POTS
6

2
C8 5 10K R7 4.7K
7 GND
7

.01 RP3 V POTS 5A R14 100K

8 GND
8

R13 10K R3
4 5A
C4 C5 C6 C7 68.1K, 1% 1 AF Gain
.01 .01 .01 .01 R6 4.7K
RP3
P1 cw ccw

IDAT
ICLK
Mic Config. 3
/MIC RD

5K (audio taper) Elecraft K2 Front Panel Board

These components are supplied with SSB adapter. By W. Burdick Rev. Date Sht.
E. Swartz C 10/6/02 1 of 1

Appendix B
 C18 .01 RP7 R11 RP3 RP3 LMC660
8A C24
33K 47K 47K 47K
Aux I/O
V PWR ("D3" on PCB) * C46 .01
3
Q8
R6
AUXBUS
5 6 3 4 5 6
5
+ 7 +
C33

+ 100 6
1 .0027 -
TXD
P4 R22 82K R21 270K C31 2
- 1 PN2222A
5A MCLR RB7
40 8 C36 2.2µF
AUXBUS C35
.01 Q5 RP7 .0027 U10B

+
1
C12

2
C45 RA0 RB6 ICLK .01

TONEVOL
U10A LMC660
* .0027 2N7000 33K

4
3
RXD 8T 22µF V SMTR RA1 RB5 IDAT
C43 7
ALC

6
.001 I SENSE RA2 RB4 /SR RD 5A
V ALC 5
Quad, 8-bit DAC
C34 .001 C40 .01

8
12V V SENSE RA3 RB3 SR DOUT 1 16

10
4 3 2 1 35 V PWR OUTB OUTC 8A

9
8R RA4 5A
/SLOW AGC RB2 SR CK 2 15
OUTA OUTD 4
V BFO
C5 .01 * Part of CW key shaping
mod; solder on back (see text)
RP2 82K RP3 47K V POTS
ENC A
RA5
RE0
RB1
RB0
SR WRT
SR DIN 3
3
4
REF AGND
14
13
12
13
+ 14
R12 820 UPO VDD 5A -
/AGC OFF RE1 VDD 5A RP7 5 12 11
PDE DGND
U10D
10 33K
RE2 VSS 6 11 RP2
EXT ALC /LDAC DIN 5 6 8 7
4 C39 5 5V FCTR 30 4
V RFDET 4.000MHz 5A VDD RD7 /DOT-PTT 7 10
C20 /CLR SCLK
RP5 .01 RP5 82K RP3 47K
VSS RD6 /DASH 8 9
470 470 X2 DOUT /CS
C21 OSC1 RD5 RX V BIAS-XFIL
RP4 RP4 .001 10
3 6 33 +
82K OSC2 RD4 TX U8
82K 9
15 MAX534 - 8
RC0 RC7 RP2 U10C
C37 1 2 3 4 25 8 7 9 10
C38 ENC B RC1 RC6 TXD RXD
.01 C22
Freq. Ctr 680 82K RP3 47K

SIDETONE
8-50 /MUTE RC2 RC5
1

Input SCK RC3 RC4

2

COUNT 1
100kHz-40MHz Q10 8
Q9 /DAC2CS RD0 RD3 /CS VCC
20 /EECS 2
P6 MPS5179 MPS5179 /PLLCS RD1 RD2
21
SDO /HOLD
7
5A
1 /DAC1CS 3 6
Audio
/WP SCK SCK PD2 PD1
RP7 4 5
Filter
U6 VSS SDI SDO
Voltmeter Source 18C452 33K AUXBUS 12V
EXT INT 2
Voltmeter Input U7
Current Sense MCU 1 2 3 4 5
25LC320
- + 12V IN 5A
Note: Current sense resistor EEPROM R18
P5 P7 12V R19
is R115 on the RF board.
8V Low-Dropout Reg. 0Ω J1
0Ω
2 1 1 2 3
LM2930T-8 8V Switching
8A J2
C42
U4 (NOTE 1) 1 2 3
0.1 R8 IN OUT 8T
8 Q1

+
100 GND
Voltage Sense 2 C13 C16
R9 1% - 1 2N3906
3 22µF C15 .047 R17 3.3M
C17 0-25.5V 4 3 2 1
806K, 1% +
4 U3A 100µF Mute /MUTE
.01 (0.1V res.)
5 LMC6482AIN RP1
+ 7 S
V SENSE 3.9K S
6 TX Q6 Q7
- Q11
R10 5V Reg. 9 J310 G G
J310
0.00-5.10A PN2222A Q3 D D
196K, 1% U3B 78M05 RP1 C23
(.02 A resolution) U5 3.9K .01
R7 1.78k, 1% C25 C26
I SENSE IN OUT 5A 8R 10 0.1 0.1
GND Q2
C44 C14 C19 2N3906 2N7000 VOL2
Not Used .047 .047 5 6 7 8 C27 .022 VOL1
Q4
C1 C4 RP1 VOL3
/AGC OFF RP6
AGC 2.2µF
5.1K 0.47µF 3.9K RX
+

4
3
2

1
D2 C6 /SLOW AGC V SMTR
7
AF Amp

GND
IN2
IN1

NC BYPASS
1N4148 .047 2 1
C11 V RFDET
RP5
8A Q12 10 470
R5 33K

V BIAS-XFIL
U1 8

GND
OUT
C9 PN2222A RP6

v+
8A

/DOT-PTT
NE602 .001
SR DOUT

/DAC2CS
R3 D1 C32

AUXBUS
U9

EXT ALC
8 .01 5.1K 5A 9

AF OUT
V POTS

12V IN

5
6
7

8
1
ENC A

V ALC
6 10K 1N4148 L1
IDAT

9 LM380N-8 RP5

PD2
V+

SCK
- 7 3 8
8R
+ 82 mH

8T
+ 1 12V 5A 8A VOL2 470
4 RP4
+ R20 22µF
5 - 82K 10
C2 2.7Ω
5 U2B 2 4
2 .001
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 5 6
RP6 5.1K R2

+
V- nc R16 12V
8R 3.3M C30

+
3
8A
ccw 4 3 U2A .047 C29 10
6 7
C8 LM833 RP4 220µF
C10 39 82K
5 6 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 8 7 C28
.01 R1 RP6 5.1K 220µF
AF OUT
cw 50K C3
.01 R.F. GAIN C41
AGC THR. R4

VOL3
SR WRT

8R
/SR RD
SR CK

PD1

AF OUT
12V 5A 8A 8T VOL1
ICLK

ENC B
V BFO

/PLLCS
/DASH
SDO
.01
SR DIN

7
C7 5.6K
X1 330 RP6 V AGC
5.068MHz 5.1K
8 8R
1 2 3 4 5 6 P2 To RF Board, J7 P3 To RF Board, J8
I.F. OUT P1
Elecraft K2 Control Board
To RF Board, J6
By W. Burdick Rev. Date Sht.
E. Swartz F 1/27/04 1 of 1

NOTE 1: Jumpers are used at R18 and R19. They must be removed if the Audio Filter option is installed. = on bottom of PC board

Appendix B
 PLL Reference PLL Synthesizer L30
Oscillator C96
RFC15 (NOTE 3) 4.7µH C67 R15
12.090-12.100 MHz C65
C95 .01 1µF VFO 0.1 33
0.1
12.096MHz X1
Q19 5B 8B
8B TP3 C94
100 µH C91
J310 .047 R28 C68
D18
D
.001 (NOTE 3)
1 16 RFC10 10pF D
1N4148 G OSCIN VDD D23 MV209 Q18
1mH G
2 15 27K R13
OSCOUT PH V D24 J310
L31 X2 C86 10K
12µH (NOTE 1) C84
S 0.1 R22 3
REFOUT PH R
14
R24 R25
U6B
R17
S Buffer
3.3M 4 13 6 R30 R31
120 FIN PDOUT - 7 100K
R21 D13 U3
5 12 2.7K 2.7K 5 TX VFO
100K SDO DIN VSS + 1N4148 C64 LT1252
120 10K
6 11

+
RP2 C85 C87 /ENB LD C88 LMC662 2 .001
/PLLCS D25 D26 7
10K 120 .01 7 10 68 C93 4 3
SCK CLK FV + 6
8 9 C92 10µF R32 2 RX VFO
1 2 4 3 DOUT FR 4V T5 -
RP2 RFC14 (NOTE 3) .022 10K 1 3
D8
D16 D17 R14 4
18µH 1.2µH 1N4148
10K U4
MV209 1SV149 10K
MC145170 R29 K15
3 TP1
R20 10K
4 2 C61
270 R33 R11
15K .01 560
C100 R19 nc R12
7 9
.001 2.7K 560
8
8B
(NOTE 2) K14 8B C63
U5 3
8B 4 2 .01
LTC1451
1 8 Q17 ~2Vpp
SCK CLK VCC 5B D20 D19 nc D21 D22
8 7 9
2 7 3 MV209 2N7000 R9
SDO DIN VOUT + 1 8 1SV149
3 6 2 U8 100K
/DAC2CS LD /CS REF - RFC16 D

+
8B
4 5 4
8A
47µH 78L05 5B C74
C60 G VFO ALC
DOUT GND 20
100µF D11 C58
IN OUT R10
S
12-Bit DAC U6A

+
3 1N4148 470 .01
C89 K13
(Vout = 0 to 4.096V) LMC662 4 2
.001 VFO Range Selection
2, 3 1
8 7 9 Relays are shown in RESET R16
C175 C103 C90 C59
8B 8 position. See relay table (key).
.01 .047 0.1 100K C62
RA 33K RB 12K RD 1.8K 220µF C73
C75 Q16 .01
RF 47
PN2222A
10K Rt 10K RC 470 R18
C71 C72
RE 10K Thermistor 2.2K 1M
6, 7 (NOTE 2) 82 270
4V

4, 5
Thermistor Board
(replaces RP3 on PC board)
J3
12V DC

AF OUT
V BIAS-XFIL C196

SR DOUT

/DOT-PTT
V RFDET

AUXBUS
Control

EXT ALC
J1

/DAC2CS
V POTS

12V IN
ENC A

V ALC
IDAT

PD2
Board

SCK
Key/Keyer/Paddle

8R

8T
12V 5A 8A VOL2 .047

P3
R2 R1
J6 D10
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 Aux. 12V
220 220 95SQ015
1
J7 +
1 2 3 4 5 6 J8 2
-
C2 C1 F1
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19
.001 .001 RGE300
/DOT-PTT
/DASH

12V 12V IN
I.F. OUT
8R

V AGC

R.F. GAIN

/PLLCS
/DASH

SDO
8R

VOL3
SR WRT
/SR RD
SR CK

8T

PD1

AF OUT
12V 5A 8A VOL1
ICLK

ENC B
V BFO
R115
SR DIN

0.05Ω, 1%, 3W ON
AF OUT
Current Sense

R35 R36 8R
D12
82 82 Front Panel Board OFF
SB530
C105
2.2µF C106 2.2µF R113 S1
+ + P1 82
Power
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Q23
8T
SR DOUT

IDAT
VOL1

SR WRT
/DOT-PTT

AUXBUS

SR CK
ENC A
/SR RD
V POTS
SR DIN
VOL2
VOL3

ICLK

5A

2N7000
ENC B

R.F. GAIN
MIC AF

Elecraft K2 RF Board

+
1 2

By W. Burdick Rev. Date Sht.

J2 P5
E. Swartz F 1/27/04 1 of 4
NOTE 1: X2 is not used. C111
Phones Speaker 2.2µF
NOTE 2: D19-D20 are supplied with the K60XV option. They must not be installed unless the K60XV option is Appendix B
also installed (60 m band and transverter I/O). C71 must be changed to 120 pF if D19-D20 are installed.
NOTE 3: These components improve PLL stability; they must be soldered on the back of the board (see text).
 8R C165
12V
C52
R72 470 R73 2.7K
.01 R78 .01
R82
K16 C160
RX VFO 22 18
.01
RFC12 C53 C141 C143 Noise Blanker

9
100µH .01 .01 C142 .01 .01 C158
.01
J12

8
RFC11
K17 +7dBm 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
R74 C159 R81 C163 100µH C170

7
4
47 4
.01 1.8K .01
12V

AUXBUS
.047
2 1 12V
1 2
D6 R7 T6 C145 Z6 C161 8R
1N4007 .01 TUF-1 3 .01
R6 68 R8
4 3
100 100
Q22
Rcv. Mixer R80 2N5109 R89
Q21
680
BPF 2N5109 R79 R83 W5 100
(Sh. 3) Attenuator R75 1.8K 4.7Ω R84 NB Bypass R88 R90
R5
-10dB 680 R76 RF Preamp 18 470 470
2.7K 10 +14dB
C164 C162
R85
D7
C146 .01 .047
150 HI IP -5dB, Z= 150Ω
R77 8R
.01
1N4007
220 Q12 NOTE: If Noise Blanker is installed,
2N7000
R88 and R90 must be removed,
Buffer R97 Post-Mixer Amp.
33 and R89 replaced with a jumper.
12V
C151
U9
0.1 R96
LT1252
2.7K
7
+
3 4.9136 MHz Variable-Bandwidth Crystal Filter
6
2
C54 R92 4
- V BIAS-XFIL
IF Amp
.01 33 R93 R95 R101 V XFIL2 C185 R112
820 2.7K 10K
RFC13 C166
8R Product Det.
RP4, RP5: 100K 0.1 22
100µH (NOTE 2)
Q20 U12 J5
2 4 6 1 3 5 .047 1N4148 V XFIL2
2N7000 4 3 2 1 MC1350 Aux. AF
R100 C178

5.6K
RP4 RP4 RP4 RP5 RP5 RP5
R94 8A
82 T7 D40
C55 D29 1 3 5 6 D34 L34 R107 820 0.1
2 4
.01 1 3 4.7uH 100K
C157 3 2 1
8T AGC U11

R111
.047 2 X6 X5 NE602
C150 W2 X7 X8 X9 X10 X11
W3 8
5 6 7 8 1
330 4 D41 V+
D30 D31 D32 D33 4
C182 PD2
R114 180 R110
C181
D29-D34: 1SV149 C184 5.6K 2 5
.01
.01 D39
3.9K V- C177
C179 I.F. OUT PD1
V AGC MV209 C176 .022
J11 SSB Control 100
3
6 7
1 2 3 0.1
3 2 1 C183 2nd Xtal Filter C174 82 V BFO
J9 .01
J10 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
X3 RP6
XFIL In XFIL Out C173
Q25 100K
4.917MHz 220
Xmit Mixer
/DOT-PTT

V RFDET
8R
AUXBUS
8T

MIC AF

C186 PN2222A 8 2
8A .01 X4
C156 7
R91
.047
EXT ALC
R98 BFO RP6
820 Q24 100K
V ALC D38

L33
8T J310
SSB Adapter 270 C168 D
41µH 1SV149
.01 G 4 3
8 C167 .001 (NOTE 1)
4 5 D37 RP6
V+ S C172
1 C169 1SV149 100K .01
C153 U10
NOTE 1: Remove C167 when SSB Adapter is installed. 390
68 NE602 TP2 6
R99 D36 RP6
5 2
NOTE 2: D40 and D41 were added to improve handling of extremely 270 5082-3081 100K
V- strong signals (from nearby transmitters). These diodes
C155
3
6 7 .01 must be soldered on the back of the PC board (see text). Elecraft
BFO Buffer/Attenuator K2 RF Board
TX VFO
C144 By W. Burdick Rev. Date Sht.
C154 100pF F 2 of 4
E.Swartz 1/27/04
100

Appendix B
 J15
(NOTE 1) 60m J4
1 2 3
Xverter J14 6V
Ant.
4 C5 C7
7 Interface 160m/
100 C6 4.7pF
100
L1 L2 J13 RX A n t. R65
3 C4 C8 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
10K
820 4.7µH 4.7µH 820 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2
40/60m 9 8R
C108 P6
K1A K1B
L5 33µH 8R 6V .01 Aux. RF

AUXBUS
RXRY RY COM 160RY
2

4 7 G X 1
C12 C15
C13 C14 8T C224
560 1200 560
.047
3 8 8T
C11 80/160m C16 RFC2
1800 1800 100µH 1N4007 C114
2 9
2 D3 .01 4 80m 7

9
20m/ D4 W1 L16 L17
K2A L4 K2B
L3 160m
4.7µH 4.7µH K8A K8B
K3 3 8
D2 RX Ant. C190 C191 C192
3

8 C110
R39
30m/80m 1N4007 .01 R37 RFC3
Bypass 2 1200 1800 1200 9
1K
7
4

W6 D5 100K 47µH
8R
4 7
XVTR R38 1N4007 R34 D
L18 L19 L20
C20 C22 1K
L9 Bypass 2.7K
L8 3.3 pF 20/30m
47 C24 3 8
4.7µH 4.7µH 8R
4 20/30m 7 RFC1 G
47 2 9
C198 C200 C202
S C113
C19 C28 C29 27 150 120
3 8 .01
C25 100µH K9A
330 C21 12 12 C23 D1 C109 C201 K9B
330 C199
2 9 1N4007 Q2 C197 C203
50pF 50pF .01 220 220
C33 8T ZVN4424A 100 47
K4A K4B
C32 2.2 4 7
C34 C107 L21 L22
LPF
.01
4
C31 C35
7 T-R (Sh. 4)
3 8
5-30pF 5-30pF RFC7
56 56
PRE-DRIVER Switch 10/12m 2 9
3 15/17m 8
15µH C211 C213
L10 C36 (Sh. 4)
C30 L11 10 33
2 1µH C210 C214
470 1µH 470 9
2

82 68 K10B
K5A
10m/17m
K5B
Low-Pass Filters K10A C212
C104 150
K6
68
3

4 7
L23 L24
12m/15m
7
4

15/17m 3 8
I/O Controller
C44 5-30pF C46 5-30pF K7B U2 2
K7A C219 C221 9
6V
78L06 R64 12 39
4 7 100 C218 C222
C43 C45 1 C47
6V U1
12V IN OUT AUXBUS 150 100
33 33 K11A C220 K11B
C139 PIC16C72
3 L12 L13 8 220
C42 10/12m 0.1 or 16F872 C140
1µH C48
2 1µH .001
330 330 9
BPF Relays 40/60m 7
C81
C79

C80

28 4 L25 L26
1
MCLR RB7

K12B
K12A
10 1
RA0 RB6 K2 3 8
VCO Relays 160RY
BPF Band-Pass Filters RXRY RA1 RB5 K3
2 9
(Sh. 2) 1 10 25 C228 C229
K13 RA2 RB4 K1
56 220
5 K4
K14 RA3 RB3 C225 C227
K15 RA4 K5 390 330
/CLASS AB RB2
C226 680
RA5 K7
RB1
Z5 VSS K6
RB0
20
RF Output Detector R67
4.0MHz OSC1
ALL RELAY BYPASS CAPACITORS ARE .001µF VDD C39 R66 D9 1.5K
C82 10
OSC2 VSS .001 V RFDET
.001 C38
C49
C37
C27

C26
C17
C9
C17, C27, C195, C204, C207, C216, C223 RC0 RC7 HI IP 2.7K 1N5711 1%
1 RF
RC1 RC6 K10
R69 C77 R68
Pre/Attn. 10
K11 G
RC2 RC5 100K .001 226Ω
Relays 14 15 1%
RC3 RC4 K12
NOTE1: When the K60XV (transverter and 60 m) option is installed, K16 1 10 K8
C6 must be removed and J15 installed in its place, on K17 K9
the top side of the PC board. Elecraft K2 RF Board
C204 C207 LPF
Relays By W. Burdick Rev. Date Sht.
C208
NOTE2: Pins 5 and 6 of relays are not connected internally. E. Swartz F 1/27/04 3 of 4
C195

C223

C216

C57 RY COM
However, these pins may be connected to other relay pins
.001
.001
or to other components on either side of the PC board.
Appendix B
 RFC4 12V
10µH

+
C119 C126
.01
47µF

R45 C133 C135

47 0.1 .01
Z1

C127
RFC5 T2
12:8, FT37-43 680
10µH Q7

2 2SC1969
3
LPF
C115 C122
R53 RFC8 (Sh. 3)
.01 56 C129
4 4.7Ω 10µH 5
1 .01 6
R55
33 C A 1 3 R58
T3 180
C121 C120 R56 2 4 1/2W
RFC6 C130 D B
2 .01 .01 R54 33 7
R49 RFC9
0.1
3 8
C116 4.7Ω 10µH
33 T4
8T 120 0.68µH
2:3:1:1
4 Q8
1
T1 2SC1969
9:3, FT37-43 C128
R44 Q6 680
2.7K 2SC2166
R40 C118
R48 R47 Z2
470 .01 120 47 R50
1.5Ω C131 NOTE: WIND T4 2:2:1:1 FOR
1/2 W 0.1 Power Amplifier (PA)
Q5 BETTER EFFICIENCY AT 5W
PRE-DRIVER
2N5109 (SEE "MODIFICATIONS" SECTION)
(Sh. 3)
+

C124
C125
0.1
R42
22µF Driver
4.7Ω
R41
560 S
C117 Q10
R43 8T
0.047 2N7000
22Ω G PA Bias
D
8T

R46 R59 R61

270
4.7K 120
Pre-Driver Q13
PN2222A
V BIAS-XFIL
Q11
PN2222A

+
C137
100µF

C138
.047 R60
100

/CLASS AB
R63 Elecraft K2 RF Board
220
R62 By W. Burdick Rev. Date Sht.
2.7K E.Swartz F 1/27/04 4 of 4

Appendix B
 K2 KI T CHAN GES AN D MANU AL ERR ATA
R e v . F - 2, F e b . 26 , 2 0 0 4

PL EAS E READ TH IS INF ORM ATI ON

BEFOR E YOU BEG IN ASS EMBLY

Your K2 kit includes a number of recent upgrades to both hardware and firmware. These include:

Modified CW keying envelope to significantly reduce transmit bandwidth

Limiting diodes on the receive I.F. amplifier input to cleanly handle nearby transmitters
operating on your exact frequency (characteristic of "HF Pack" style operation)

Two new scanning modes, including "channel hopping" (among in-band frequency memories)
and "live scan" (unmuted scanning for use in locating very weak signals)

Up to six transverter band displays

Transverter address control to allow more than one transverter band to select a given XV-
series transverter

Full support for the forthcoming K60XV option, which will provide 60 meter capability and
low-level transverter I/O (due in March, 2004)

Errata Items:
1. Page 47, right column, 2nd assembly step: This step was supposed to be on page 64, right column,
just before "Assembly, Part III". Make a note on page 64 referring to the step on page 47.
2. Page 57, right column, 2nd assembly step: Change L31 from 12 µH to 10 µH.
3. Page 82, rear panel drawing: The illustration shows a new lower rear panel that includes holes for
two additional transverter in/out jacks (RCA connectors). Your kit may not have this new rear panel
because it was being phased into production at the time the manual was written. You can obtain the
new rear panel later if you plan to purchase the K60XV option (60 meters and low-level transverter
I/O). Availability of this option will be announced.
4. Appendix A, RF board parts list, page 5: Change L31 from 12 µH to 10 µH. Also make this change
on the schematic (Appendix B, RF board sheet 1, upper left corner).
 TP2

N:111
12PA 90-150V 12PA J2
J1 R11 R12
K2 RF Q6 510K 180K Q7
Low-Pass Filters Antenna
R13 * RFC10
("AUX RF") R14 ZVN4424 ZVN4424
100 100µH
470 C77 LPF IN LPF OUT
RFC11 3W K2
RF IN 1W 5R .015 5T T4-5
100µH T4-6
K1
2 200V
C72 C73 (SHEET 2) C1
1 .01
.01 30pF GND
C76 C75
GND RFC1
RFC5 0.1
.01 C71 C31 T4
100µH 100µH 1 3
RFC3 .0018 .033 FT50-43
D12 D14
100µH 200V 200V C95
1N4007 1N4007 4
C79 2
100
.039 SWR Bridge R28
R29

D11 200V 3.3K

C86
D13
.047 1N4007 T-R Switch
1N5404 D16 200 D17
RFC4 L16 1N5711 1W 1N5711
C87 C88
100µH 5µH T44-2 C64 .001 .001
C67 C59 R39 1800 R26 R27
L15
.033 200V E1
200V C81 4700 0.1 22 3W C70
5µH T44-2 FWD 100K REFL
.001
C82 (not used) High-pass Filter
GND Post
T1
C83
R21 R23 Z = 9:1 R20 1.6 R35 1000
Q2 C69
2W 10 s.m. 1
5 1 4 .001
10 0 ohms
2W
2W (jumper) 2 2 T2 VREFL 5V
2SC2879
Z = 1:16 R25 C89
R34 U5A .01
R22 4 3 3 8.45K
C66 10 3 5 + 1 TP4
300 Q1
180 R19 1.6 2W 2
2W -
1%
4
VRFEN
L18 C63 .047 2W
12CTRL VFWD RP1
0 uH U6
C62 .047 3.9K
(jumper) C58 R38 R24 EL5146C
C80 4700 3
C61 .047 5 8 8.45K 7
C57 .047 + 7 3 VRFDET
8
C60 100µF + 6
+ 0.1 22 3W C56 .047
6
-
4 1%
1 2
-
EN

R5 R9 10
C55 .047 4 C68
15K RP1 .01
SCALE
5B C54 .047 3.9K 2
U5B

R6 - 7 Q4 PA C53 .047 LM358 C65

6 MJE182 .01
1K + C52 .047 R16
Bias Set 0.6-0.9 V 5
U7B C51 470µF 25V Q10 Q11 3.3K
LMC6482 + 2N7000 R15
T SENSE
3.3K

Q3
MJE182 Z1 AF 2
J3 FB110-43 J5 1 J6
12V, 20A (2 beads) AF In C10 3
2
GND 0.1
Ext. Spkr
(Ext. Fuse) D10
12PA Current Sense
1
1N5404 R7 .005 ohms 3W
R2
SPKR
+ 1 2.7 ohms
- SP1
C85 C48 C49
2
.047 C11 Int. Spkr
.047 .047 GND
C30 0.1
R32
0.1
12K2 100 C34 2 8 R3
+ 1
1% 0.1
3
-
2.7 ohms
- D9 +
4 1
Elecraft KPA100
2 GND SB530 C33
U7A * Not on the PC board.
LMC6482 By W. Burdick Rev. Date Sht.
J4 0.1
R30 E. Swartz G 2/5/04 1 of 2
K2 12V Q5 2N3904 = on bottom of PC board
3.09k, 1%
("AUX 12V")
I SENSE (0-5 V = approx. 0-32 A)

64
 K1
U3
5V
78L05 12CTRL Low-Pass Filters

12CTRL IN OUT
MCU K2 K3 L1 L2
AUXBUS K3 K4
C23
0.1 U1 C25 160m
PIC16C72 .001 U2 C29 C22 K4
RP1 C24 C2A C2B C2D C2E
28 TD62083 .01 .01
1 S.M.
MCLR RB7 3.9K .01 C2C S.M.
or ULN2803
BIAS SET TEST POINT VFWD RA0 RB6 8R C12 C13 S.M.
8 7 1 18 L4 L5 L6
TP1 RA1 RB5 IN0 /OUT0 .01 .01 K5 K5 K6
VREFL
25 2 17
I SENSE RA2 RB4 IN1 /OUT1
5 3 16 30/40m
T SENSE RA3 RB3 IN2 /OUT2
4 15 K6 C3E
nc RA4 RB2 IN3 /OUT3 C3A C3B C3H C3J
5 14 C3C C3D C3F
RA5 RB1 IN4 /OUT4 C3G
6 13
VSS RB0 IN5 /OUT5 C14 C15 LPF IN
K7 K7
L7 L8 K8 LPF OUT
20 7 12
C26 OSC1 VDD 5V IN6 /OUT6 .01 .01
33 10 8 11
OSC2 VSS IN7 /OUT7 17/20m
9 10
VRFEN RC0 RC7 GND COM K8
C4A C4B C4D
X2 SCALE RC1 RC6
C27
4 MHz TP3 C4C C4E
30pF 5R RC2 RC5
14 15 C16 C17 L10
5T RC3 RC4 5B R31 K9 K9 L11 L12 K10
12PA SENSE .01 .01
200
1/2W 10/12/15m
6 5 S
RP1 FAN
G FAN+ FAN- K10
3.9K C5A C5B C5D C5F C5G
M
C5C C5E
Q12 D C18 C19 K11 L13 L14
12PA C74 K11 K12
2N7000 12CTRL .01 .01
J7 .01
R8
10K
80m
Ext. PA Key
K12 C6C C6E
Q9 C28 C6A
C6B C6D C6F C6G
D IRF830 or IRL620 .01
S.M.
C20 C21
.01 .01
G
R1 C90
S 3.3K .01
C13-C21 NOTES: All relays are shown in the RESET (de-energized) condition.
J8 RFC6-8: 100 µH
Aux I/O C7-C9, C32: .01 µF
RS232 Interface = on bottom of PC board (nearest the heatsink).
-5 TO -25V
1

RFC6
TXD
2

12CTRL
RXD
3

RFC7
High-Voltage Bias Supply
4

nc
4

C7
8

7
6

C8 U4
5

D7 C38 C39 D5
T1OUT
R1IN
VSS

T3OUT
R3IN

T2OUT
R2IN

VDD

MAX1406 30V
RFC8
6

C9 C32
7

.01 .01 C44

R3OUT

R2OUT

R1OUT

VRFDET RFC9 D8 D6
C35
T3IN

T2IN

T1IN

.01
GND

VCC

C42
8

12CTRL 15µH 0.1uF

D4 .015
9

10

11
12

13

14
15

16
9

12CTRL 200V
AUXBUS
C84 80V
/K2 RX
/K2 TX

.001 8R 5V
C98 C99
3 4 C37 D3
.01 .01 R4
X1 .01 C43
9 7 5 3 1 100K D2
18.432MHz .015
C97 200V
.01 P1 1 2 T3
1 2 3 4 5
To Ctrl Board 90-150V
C41 Q8 7T bifilar
10 8 6 4 2 C46 C36 D1 Elecraft KPA100
100 2N3904 FT37-61
J8 .01 .015
By W. Burdick Rev. Date Sht.
R10 200V
12CTRL

8T (NC)
VRFDET

AUXBUS

(BACK VIEW) E. Swartz G 2/5/04 2 of 2

6 7 8 9 47
C40
D1-D8 = 1N4148
0.1 12CTRL

65
 K2/100 MANUAL (Appendix G) ERRATA
Rev. C-3, December 14, 2004

PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU BEGIN ASSEMBLY

Important Notice
Your KPA100 kit includes recent circuit changes that allow the K2/100 to handle higher
mismatch conditions, allowing power reduction to start at an SWR of 2:1 rather than
1.5:1.
Since your kit is one of the first shipped with these enhancements, it may include an
unused toroid core, a few extra resistors, and an extra capacitor (the previous component
values).

Errata Items
1. Page 7, parts list: Change R4 from 100 k to 39 k. (Your kit may include an
unneeded 100 k resistor.) Add resistor R33 to the parts list (1 k, 5%, 1/4 W, BRN-
BLK-RED).
2. Page 13, left column, 2nd assembly step: Change R4 from 100 k to 39 k.
3. Page 13: Cut out and tape this assembly step at the bottom of the right column:
__ Locate a 1 k, 1/4-watt resistor (R33). Trim R33’s leads to approx. 1/4” (6 mm)
long. Place the resistor across the leads of RFC3 (RFC3 is near the fan and the large
black RF choked marked “101”). Solder the resistor to RFC3’s leads.
4. Page 24, left column, first paragraph: The second sentence in this paragraph should
be replaced with: "Each toroid is wound on a specific type of core. One example is
type T44-2."
5. Page 24, right column, first assembly step: The reference to a T50-2 core in this
paragraph should be changed to T50-10.
6. Page 47: Cut out and tape this test step at the bottom of the left column:
__ Set your DMM for 200 or 300 VDC full-scale. Connect the (-) lead of the DMM to
ground (one of the KPA100 standoffs). Be ready to touch the (+) lead to the left side
of 180-k resistor R12 (the lead closest to RFC5). Turn on the K2 and select CW
mode. Set the power knob above 11 W. Hold the MODE button down 1-2 seconds to
enter CW TEST mode. Press the TUNE button and verify that the DC voltage at the
left side of R12 is 100-110 VDC or more. Exit TUNE by tapping any button. Exit
CW TEST mode by holding down the MODE button.
7. Schematic: On page 64, add R33 (1 k) across RFC3, in the T-R switch. On page 65,
change R4 from 100 k to 39 k in the High Voltage Bias Supply.
 P2 PLASTIC DIP P3
(DUAL-INLINE PACKAGE)

PN2222A 78L06
1 2 3 1 8 3 2 1
2 7 = On bottom of PC board. D6-D9 1N4007
D10-D14 1N4007 3 6
4 5
E B C OUT GND I N C7
C1 RFC2
RFC1 .01
.01 COUNT PINS STARTING AT
RXC PIN 1 AND GOING COUNTER-
100µH
100µH CLOCKWISE (8-PIN DIP SHOWN)
C17 D6
.01
6 8 8 6
D10 C2 C8
.01 D11 D7 .01
C4 R5
5 RP1 0.1 470 7 RP2 5
7
RXS C13
4 2.7K 2 0.1 2 2.7K 4
C6 RXS
.01 C10 D9
C3 D13 .01
3 1 C9
1 3

D12 .01
.01
SSB Crystal Filter D8

D14 C11
R10 CJ CL
CA CD CF CP .01
SSB 100 (short)
39 (short) 100 39 T2
100

4 3
R11 C5
150 2 X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 X6 X7 1
.01

C35
1 3 4 2
CB CC CE CG CH CK CM CN DSB
0 27 39 39 39 39 27 0
.01
T1
C12
TXS R6 .01
2.7K
U1
16F872
R12 470 R16
MCU 6V MCLR RB7 AUXBUS
8
3
10K
RXS
1 28 1 +
ALC RA0 RB6 2
/VOX DET -
COMP OUT RA1 RB5 C30 4
U4 U6
RA2 RB4 /COMP0 820
25 LM393 78L06
RA3 RB3 /COMP1 5
5 PTT DET 7 +
Z1 /PTT RA4 RB2 /COMP2 8V IN OUT 6V
6
4.0 MHz - /PTT GND
RA5 RB1 RXC
C27 C46
VSS RB0 RXS
0.1 0.1
OSC1 VDD 6V
20
OSC2 VSS 6V COMP OUT
10
/ATTEN RC0 RC7
1 8
TXC RC1 RC6 /CS DIN
2 7
MOD EN RC2 RC5 SCLK REF
3 6
RC3 RC4 TXS VDD OUTB PWR CTRL
14 15 4 5
GND OUTA ALC THR

U2 MAX522 C15 C16 Balanced

DAC 0.1 .01
/ATTEN Modulator
U3 SSM2165 MOD EN
C20 R2
1 8 C21 C24 .01
GND VDD 0.33µF 5.6K
.01
R15 + 2
VCA IN
7 +
C34 OUT
180 C31 3 6
MIC AF 2.2µF C32 BUF OUT COMP /COMP0 8 DSB
2.2µF
1 4
1

4 5 1 3
AF IN AVG /COMP1 V+
+

+ C18 1 4
0.1 D4
0.1 R1
R14 1 5 1N4148
Speech
6

C33 /COMP2 1M
1K .01
2
Compressor C14 RP5 CARRIER
BALANCE 5
22µF 47K V-
3

C22
+

8T 6 7
TXC
.01 U5
C41 NE602

D5 C23
4 .01
1N4148 RP3 0.33µF
2K C26
D1 R8 D2 D3 .01
3 L1
1N4007 100 1N4007 C40 1N4148
SSB .01
6 22µH 4.915MHZ
Q2 Q3 RP3 C25
C44 C43
PN2222A PN2222A 2K 22pF
6V 1
5
.01 .01 RP3 C39 C42
+

R9 C38 2K .01
R7 R4 .01
10K 47µF 2
33K 56K
ALC
ALC
Q1
PWR CTRL MIC AF 8V
PN2222A C19
.01 AUXBUS 8T /PTT

C37
.001
C36
VRFDET 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Elecraft K2 SSB Adapter
ALC THR 820 P1 B y W. Burdick Rev. Date Sht.
E. Swartz F 7-20-04 1 of 1

24
 Elecraft SSB B/W Modification
(SSBCAPKT)
Installation Instructions
Revision A, November 9, 2004. Copyright © 2004, Elecraft; All Rights Reserved

Parts Inventory
P/N Description QTY
E530016 100 pF, 100V,5%,NPO,0.1LS, CAP 2 EA
E530049 150 pF,100V,5%,NPO,0.2LS, CAP 2 EA
E530141 27 pF, 200V,5%,NPO, 0.1LS, CAP 2 EA
E530144 33 pF, 50V, 5%, NPO, .1LS, CAP 4 EA
E530152 39 pF, 50V, 5%, NPO, .1LS, CAP 6 EA

Introduction
The Crystal Filter Bandwidth Modification capacitor kit provides two options to change the original 2.1 kHz
6 dB bandwidth of the KSB2 SSB filter to either 2.4 kHz or 2.6 kHz. (Note: KSB2s shipped after July 12, 2004
now include the 2.4 kHz bandwidth components.) These modifications are not required for the K2 to function
well in the SSB mode. Instead, they are intended for those who wish to optimize its performance to their personal
preferences.
The 2.4 and 2.6 kHz bandwidth filters also require better matching of crystal motional inductance to minimize
pass-band ripple. We have worked with our supplier to obtain crystals with better control of the motional
inductance. The latest ones now make it possible to increase the SSB filter bandwidth up to 2.6 kHz. The latest
crystals (shipping with all KSB2s since May 2002) are marked with “ECS 4.9136-S” on each crystal. Older
crystals shipped before May 2002 marked with “ECS 4.91-20” or “ECS 4.91-0195” should be replaced when
performing this modification.
The older crystals work fine at a 2.1 kHz bandwidth, but are not optimum for wider bandwidths. If you want to
add a wider SSB bandwidth enhancement to your KSB2, we suggest you order a new set of crystals from Elecraft.
They are Elecraft Part #E850006 (7 matched crystals for the KSB2) or #K2KSB2XTLS (14 crystals for the KSB2
and the K2 CW filters.) See our spare parts order page at http://www.elecraft.com/order_form_parts.htm

Removing parts from the KSB2

The KSB2 is designed with much smaller pad sizes than the other boards in the K2 transceiver. For this reason
it can be more difficult to remove parts without damaging the board. If you don’t have a desoldering tool, cut the
leads off the part and then pull out each piece of wire individually. You will lift pads on the KSB2 if you try to
remove capacitors in one piece. Sacrifice the part and save the board. Crystals may be removed by desoldering
the grounding lead on the top and then wiggling the crystal out by alternately heating each pad on the board.
The best way to remove parts from a KSB2 is to use a Hakko 808 (or equivalent) de-soldering tool. If you are
interested, the Hakko 808 and tips for it are available at http://kiesub.com/hakko808.htm .

Crystal Filter Bandwidth Modification

The KSB2 filter as designed has a 2.1 kHz bandwidth. The response of a crystal ladder filter can be adjusted by
changing the capacitors in the filter. The most critical capacitors are the ones that connect to ground between
each pair of crystals. These capacitors set the coupling between the filter sections. The capacitors in series with a
crystal modify the resonant frequency of each section, but are not nearly as critical in value.

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the lower bands. For the 2.4 kHz bandwidth, the BFO must be able to reach approximately 4916.5 kHz and for
the 2.6 kHz bandwidth it must reach approximately 4916.8 kHz. Be sure and check your maximum BFO
frequency before attempting to use a wider filter bandwidth. To measure BFO frequency, attach your K2
frequency probe to TP2 and use CAL FCTR to read the BFO frequency. While in this mode, press BAND UP to
set the BFO to its max frequency and BAND DOWN to set it to its minimum frequency. It may be possible to
increase the maximum BFO frequency in a K2 by removing turns off of L33 or changing capacitor sizes without
raising the minimum frequency too high. Contact support@elecraft.com if you have questions regarding changing
the maximum BFO frequency.
The following table shows the new capacitors for each reference designator (CA, CP etc.) on the KSB2 board.
Remove the old capacitors and install the new ones as indicated for your chosen bandwidth in the table. If
necessary (as noted above) also remove and replace the crystals.
After installation you will need to re-optimize your USB and LSB transmit BFO settings (BF1t) in CAL FIL.
See ‘Transmit BFO Optimization’ on page 22 of the latest KSB2 manual. (Available on our manual download
web page at http://www.elecraft.com )

Nominal Predicted Predicted Predicted CA,CP CB,CN CC,CM CD,CL CE,CK CF,CJ CG,CH
BW 6 dB BW Loss Ripple (pF) (pF) (pF) (pF) (pF) (pF) (pF)
(kHz) (kHz) (dB) (dB)
Original 2.1 8.3 3.2 100 10 33 Short 47 56 47
2.4 2.4 7.5 1.5 39 Open 27 Short 39 100 39
2.6 2.65 7.3 1.9 39 Open 27 Short 33 150 33

App. Note: Using Spectrogram to make filter measurements

Spectrogram ( http://www.visualizationsoftware.com/gram.html ) may be used to measure the response of the
K2 filters with your PC sound card. To make a measurement of a K2’s filter, use the following procedure:
1. Connect a noise generator to the antenna input of the K2 (Elecraft N-gen etc.). Using antenna noise for
this purpose will be much less accurate.
2. Connect the audio output of the K2 to the sound card input on a PC. If you use the headphone output of
the K2 for this purpose, be sure to place a 10 ohm resistor to ground to avoid rolling off the high
frequencies due to C105/C106.
3. If your K2 has a KAF2 or KDSP2 installed in it, be sure to put it in bypass mode. If left in line, the
higher audio frequencies will be attenuated and will decrease your amplitude measurement accuracy.
4. Set Spectrogram at Scan Input to 22k Sample Rate, 16 bit Resolution, Line Plot, 90 dB Scale, 1024
FFT, and Average Count to 32. Then press OK. Move the slider at the right to the top of its range.
The displayed spectrum should not exceed –30 dB or you risk overloading the sound card input.
5. Set the K2 to 7100 kHz. Turn AGC Off. Set the AF Gain to about its mid-point. Select the filter for
which you wish to measure its frequency response. Adjust the RF Gain so that the maximum level
displayed is –30 dB or less.
6. If you wish to see the KSB2 SSB filter response without it being modified by the K2’s 2nd Xtal Filter,
place 0.1uF caps across X5 and X6 on the RF Board.
7. When you have completed the measurements, return the KAF2 or KDSP2 , if present, to its normal
mode.
8. Spectrogram provides an easy way to look at the filter responses of all of the K2’s filters. You are
limited to a dynamic range of less than 60 dB. The noise fluctuations will be several dB, but you can
reduce this by increasing Average Count to 128. Additional reductions can be accomplished by
averaging several sets of readings.

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160m Low-pass Filter

Receive Antenna Relay
L1 L2

2 9
K2
C1 C2 C3

3 8 1500 2700 1500

4 7

2 9

3 8
RX

4 7
K1
GND

RX ANT. K2 K1
(Note 1)

10 1 1 10
C4
.001
C5
RY COMMON

.001
C6

160 RY
RX RY

.001

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

J1

NOTES: To RF Board, P12

1. Remove RF board jumper W1 before using

a separate receive antenna. Refer to manual for
operating instructions. Elecraft 160m/RX ANT. Module

2. K1 and K2 are latching relays, and are shown in the By W. Burdick Rev. Date Sht.

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Circuit Details
U1 amplifies the I.F. signal, which is then detected by D2 (1N34A). Q1 reduces the gain of U1 in proportion to overall
signal strength, keeping the signal at D2 relatively constant. Negative-going pulses that are above the threshold
established by D3 and R3 turn Q2 on, triggering the one-shot (Q3/Q4). Q6 can be used to switch in a larger-value
capacitor, increasing the blanking time. The pulse output of the one-shot (GATE) saturates Q5, attenuating the signal at
the output of the band-pass filter. The band-pass filter creates a small delay between input and output, so that the GATE
signal arrives just ahead of the noise pulses. The controller, U3, decodes auxBus commands from the main processor. It
then controls power to the blanker (via Q7), pulse width (via Q6), and blanking threshold (via R3).

6NB
ALC
RP1 6NB
3.9K Q1
2N3906
3 4 6 4
D3
+

C15 R1 RP1 1N34A RP2 Q4

100K 3.9K 3.9K 2N3906
22µF
5 3
Q2 2
6NB 2N3906 R3 RP2
C14 1.8K 3.9K
Q3 1

.01
PN2222A One-shot
7 R4
L3 220 C11 RP2
4 3 2 1 RP1
U1 .001 3.9K
3.9K

40 µH 3.9K
MC1350 1
R10 8 GATE
5 6
RF Amp AGC 1M 7
RP1

2 RP2
5 6 7 8
D2 Pulse Amp S D
3.9K
8
Q6 C12
C13 1N34A 2N7000 .0068
C17 .001 G
.01

THRESHOLD PULSE WIDTH

0V = HIGH 0V = NARROW
C16
39 Noise Gate 6V = LOW 6V = WIDE

Band-Pass Filter Q5
PN2222A
(-6 dB) C8
.01
GATE
R5
C4 1 0 0 C6
220
R8 1500
C3
120
820 C7
1800 U2
78L06 6V 6V Switch
R9
1 8 6NB
RF OUT

300 L1 L2 IN OUT VDD VSS Q7

2 7
1.2 µH 1.2 µH C10 GP5 GP0 2N3906
3 6
0.1 GP4 GP1
4 5
GP3 GP2
0V = ON
R6 R7
12V U3 6V = OFF
220 2.7K
12C509A
AUXBUS 6V
Controller
C9
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
.001
P1
To RF Board, J12

= On bottom of PC board.

2N3906,
MC1350, 12C509A
PN2222A
2N7000 78L06
1 8
2 7
Elecraft KNB2 Noise Blanker
3 6 B y W. Burdick Rev. Date Sht.
4 5
S
G D E B
C OUT GND IN E. Swartz D 8-19-02 1 of 1

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 7.5" Red 3" Red

(-) (+)

12"
Red

7"
Black
Detail B
Figure 3

7
Circuit Details, KAT2 L-C Board

The L-C board provides eight series inductors and eight parallel capacitors, configured as an L-network. The
capacitance can be placed at the transmitter or antenna end of the network via a relay on the Control board (see next
page). Each inductor and capacitor has its own DPDT relay, with the individual sections of each relay placed in parallel
for reliability. The relays are selected under control of the ATU's microcontroller. Latching relays are used so that they
will not consume any power except when the operator is actually tuning. The relays are switched one at a time to keep
switching current low and to provide acoustically and electrically quiet operation. This results in somewhat longer tune
times.

For additional reliability, the connectors used between the L-C and control boards have gold-plated contacts, and
redundant pins are used for RF signals. Bypass capacitors are used on relay control lines to prevent RF signals from
reaching the microcontroller.

L-C Board Schematic

* L8 is wound on T50-1 core (blue). All others are wound on T50-2 core (red).
L1 L2 L3 X L4 L5
Y
L6 L7 * L8
.08µH .16µH .32µH .64 µH 1.3 µH 2.6 µH 5.2 µH 10.4 µH
L-NET OUT L-NET IN

K1 K2 K4 K6 K7 K8
K3 K5

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2 4 4 2 2 4 4 2 2 4 4 2 2 4 4 2

9 7 7 9 9 7 7 9 9 7 7 9 9 7 7 9
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

C1_2 C3_4 C5_6 C7_8

C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8
10 39 82 150 300 620 1200
22
K9 K10 K11 K12 K13 K14 K15 K16
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2

7 9 7 9 7 9 7 9 7 9 7 9 7 9 7 9
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

P4 P5

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
C1_2
C5_6

C3_4

X
C7_8

.001 .001 .001 .001

C20 C24 C31 C35
C42
C23 C25 C32 C36
.001
C22 C26 C33 C37
C21 C27 C34 C38

10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

RELAY COMMON
K1 K13 K2 K4 K14 K9 K3 K10 K11 K5 K12 K15 K6 K16 K7 K8

NOTE: K1-K18 are single-coil latching relays, shown in the RESET position.
Elecraft KAT2 ATU L-C Board
Pins 5 and 6 of each relay are used as tie points but are not internally connected.
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Circuit Details, KAT2 Control Board

T1, D1, D2 (etc.) form a directional coupler for SWR and power measurements. This type of bridge is much more
accurate than the K2's standard RF detector (D9) in the presence of non-50-ohm loads. The bridge output is buffered by
op-amp U4 and routed to the K2 control board, overriding the signal from D9. The bridge outputs are also connected to
A-to-D inputs on the microcontroller, U1. U1 measures these voltages and converts them to SWR or power readings,
using averaging and linearization techniques to improve accuracy. The EEPROM (U2) stores network and SWR data
for each band and antenna. K17 selects either a capacitor-in or capacitor-out network configuration, while K18 controls
the antenna switch. U1 "sleeps" at all times except during actually antenna tune-up, so it generates no receiver noise.

Control Board Schematic

SWR Bridge Antenna Switch

L-NET IN (Sheet 1) L-NET OUT J1
RF Antenna 1
5 6 K18
T1 C55
GND
5-30pF 3

9
2 4
1 2

E1 R4
9 7

8
3 4 C54
3.3K 8 J2
100 K17 Antenna 2

7
4
GND POST
C TX/ANT Select
R3
D1 200 D2
1N5711 1N5711
C45 K18
C50 C51 .001
.001 .001

10

1
R1 R2 C47
FWD REFL CAP COMMON .001
K17
100K
C52 C53 L-NET IN

10

1
.001 .001

J4 J5
RELAY
COMMON
C46
.001
U4B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
nc nc
5 L-NET OUT
+ 7
6
-

NOT USED

J3 A
Aux I/O
R5 6V
40

35

30

21

AUXBUS
25

C57 470
.001 1 8
6V
1

RB7

RB6

RB5

RB4

RB3

/CS VCC
RB2

RB1

RB0

VDD

VSS
RD7

RD6

RD5

RD4
RC7

RC6

RC5

RC4

RD3
RD2

G
2 7
2

SDO /HOLD
3 6
3

12V 6V /WP SCK

C60
MCLR

OSC1

OSC2

4 5
RA0

RA1

RA2

RA3

RA4

RA5
4

VDD

VSS

RC0

RC1

RC2

RC3

RD0

RD1
RE1
RE0

RE2

.001 VSS SDI

U3
5

15

20
10

U2 25LC320
1

R6 6V
IN OUT
47
U1
8 3 16C77
1 +
U4A B
- LM78L06 MCU
LM358
4 2
C58 C59 Z1
0.1 0.1 REFL
4.0MHz

FWD Elecraft KAT2 ATU Control Board

B y W. Burdick Rev. Date Sht.
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 L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7 L8
.08µH .16µH .32µH .64 µH 1.3 µH 2.6 µH 5.2 µH 10.4 µH

L IN L OUT

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 K8

C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6A C6B C7A C7B C7C C7D C8

12 22 39 82 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 1200

3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 4
K9 K10 K11 K12 K13 K14 K15 K16
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

K18 C30 C27 K17 C29

K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 K8 (Sheet 2) (Sheet 2) K9 K10 K11 K12 K13 K14 K15 K16
0.1 0.1 0.1

2 5 5 2
12VRY

C9
0.1
* R15
5 2 2 5
C13 C14 C22 C23
C12 C15 C28 C18 C21 C24
C16 0.1 0.1 C20 C25
C11
C10 C17 C19 C26
0.1 C54 0.1 0.1 0.1
0.1 (Sheet 2)
/RSCL
/FSCL

/EOT SRTEST
17

18

(Sheet 2)
14
15
16
17

18

14
15
16

17
16

15
14
18
5

6
7
6
5
7

6
7

4
5
4

C59
SOUT

SOUT
/Q0
/Q4
/Q5
/SRCLR / Q 6
/Q7
/Q2
/Q1

/Q4
/Q5
/Q6
/SRCLR / Q 7
/Q2

/Q1

/Q7
/Q6
/Q0
/SRCLR / Q 1
/Q2
/Q3
/Q5
/Q4
SOUT
/Q3

/Q3
/Q0

RFC2
0.1
U4 U3 12V U2
6B595
SRCK

SRCK

SRCK

6B595 47 uH 6B595
VCC

RCK

GND
GND
GND

VCC

RCK

GND
GND
GND

VCC

RCK

GND
GND
GND

C52
SIN

SIN

SIN

C53
/G

/G

/G

0.1 0.1
12

13

19

12

13

19

12

13

19
11

11

11
10

10

10
9

3
2

5V
C48
C55
0.1
0.1
RYDATA
RYCK RYLOAD

* = Components not supplied; for future use.

= On bottom of PC board.
Note: All relays are shown in the N.C. position. Elecraft KAT100 RF Board
B y W. Burdick Rev. Date Sht.
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Appendix A
 J5
RFIN
Antenna 1
T1 3 4 ANT1
GND C31 1 2 1 2
FT50-43 L IN L OUT
30pF K17
J4 (Sheet 1) 1 (Sheet 1) Ant. Switch GND
1 2
RF IN
*

*
P1 P7 4
C (Sheet 1) 1
C32
SWR Bridge 3 4
100 R1 J6
R2 3.3K 3 Antenna 2
JUMPERS W1-W2: Both open = Auto. LED control; W1 = DOT; W2 = BAR K18
W3-W7: Leave open except as required (see manual). ANT2
D1 200 D2
1N5711 1W 1N5711

W1
W3

W2
GND
W6
W5
W4
C33 C34
.001 .001
5V
R3 R4
E1
R17 1 0 K
100K Ground Post
C36
C35 FWD REFL .001 R18 1 0 K
.001 /8R

FPLOAD

FPDATA
FPCK
/SW
/CD

AUXBUS
5V
R5
C37 120 * * J2
40

35

30

21
25
.01
1 8 Aux RF In
5V
RB7
RB6
RB5

RB4
RB3

VREFL
RB2
RB1
RB0
VDD
VSS
RD7

RD6
RD5
RD4
RC7

RC6

RC5
RC4
RD3
RD2
C40 /CS VCC
U5B R7 2 7
0.1 SDO /HOLD
5 TP4 8.45K U1
+ 7 3 6
6 16F877 /WP SCK
MCLR

OSC1

OSC2

- C51 4 5
RA0
RA1
RA2
RA3
RA4
RA5

RE1

VDD
VSS

RC0
RC1
RC2
RC3
RD0
RD1
RE0

RE2

1% 1
.01
MCU VSS SDI
C49
RP1 VRFEN
15

20
10

12V VFWD
* U7 25LC320 .047
1

3.9K 5V P6
R6
2 U6 Aux RF Out
RYCK
RYLOAD

RYDATA

3 8 8.45K 7
+ 1 3
EL5146C ** Test output -- n/c
8
CT

AD2

SRTEST

2
VPS
VFWD
VREFL

VRFEN
AD1

+
IDAT
ICLK

- 2 EN VRFDET
C50

1
2 4 1% 3 - 6
.01
VSW

4 C39
RP1 .01 J3
FPLOAD

FPDATA

3.9K (BACK VIEW)

FPCK

U5A 4
ICLK
IDAT

/SW

Z1
LM358 C38 4.0MHz 1 2 3 4 5
.01
/FSCL /RSCL R9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
C60
3.3K
0.1
R8 J3
3.3K 6 7 8 9
P5 Control
Front Panel P4

1
AUXBUS
Aux Control C47

2
.001
12V
2

VPS
1

3
/8R W7
AD1

AD2

RP1
/CD

R13
4

4
3

* P2
CT

8.45K 3.9K RFC1

5

5
Q3 /EOT
VRFDET 15µ H
7

10 8

6
J1 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
D 2N7000
1%
1 2
9

7
12V DC Q1
G 8
8
ZTX789A 5V
S
9

IN OUT RP1
* J7
+

C44 D4 C43 3.9K

C42 7 .01
.047 0.1 C46 R16
10 µF
1N5817 U8 7805 10K
Aux. 12V C56 C57 C58
D3 .047 0.1 0.1
1
R12 /ON C45
+ R11 D
.01
-
2
C41
10K 680 G * = Components not supplied; for future use.
1/2 watt 12CTRL = On bottom of PC board. Elecraft KAT100 RF Board
P3 0.1 Q2
S Note: All relays are shown in the N.C. position. B y W. Burdick Rev. Date Sht.
2N7000
E. Swartz B 1/4/03 2 of 2

Appendix A
 LED 5A
Brightness
Control R115
220
4.0V DAY (18mA/LED)
2.7V NIGHT (6mA/LED) PN2222A
(based on LED Vf=1.9V)

Q101 Q102
GREEN YELLOW GREEN YELLOW RED GREEN YELLOW
Ant. 1 Ant. 2 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.7 2.0 2.5 3.0 4.0 5.0 LP HP

D101 D102 D103 D104 D105 D106 D107 D108 D109 D110 D111 D112 D113 D114 C102 R116
.047 470

R101 R102 R103 R104 R105 R106 R107 R108 R109 R110 R111 R112 R113 R114
120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120

/NIGHT
15
14
14

17

16

15
18

17
16
18
5
4
6
5

6
7
7
4

SOUT

/Q3

SOUT
/Q4
/Q3
/Q0
/SRCLR / Q 7
/Q6
/Q2
/Q1
/Q5

/Q2

/Q5
/SRCLR / Q 4
/Q1
/Q0
/Q7
/Q6

D101-D114
SRCK

SRCK
VCC

RCK

GND
GND
GND

VCC

RCK

GND
GND
GND
SIN

SIN
/G

/G
12

13

19

12

13

19
11

11
10

10
9

3
2

CATHODE

ANODE U102
U101
6B595 6B595

C101
CLOCK
DATA

.047
LOAD

5A

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

J101
RF Board

= On bottom of PC board.

Elecraft KAT100 Front Panel Board

B y W. Burdick Rev. Date Sht.
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Appendix A
 J1 L2-L4: 100 µH C8
-6 TO -12 V D1 D2
To PC C3-C6: .01 µF 10 µF D1-D4
1N4148

+
1N4148
L2 A C

1
TXD D3

2
1N4148
RXD

3
L3 12V

4
ALC C3

4
8
7

3
2
1
C9 Q1
5

T1OUT

R1IN
VSS
T3OUT

R3IN
T2OUT
R2IN

VDD
L4 .01
C5 C6 C4
6
7

R3OUT

R2OUT

R1OUT
RF Q1

T3IN

T2IN

T1IN
GND

VCC
8

12V L1 D4 J310 D G
C10 S
1N4148
9

15µH D

10
11

12
13

14

15
16
9
120
AUX
G
U1
S
C1 MAX1406 X1
.001
L5
16.289 MHz FT23-43 C11
8R .01
R1 C14
3.9K 56
J1, BACK VIEW R2
J2 47
1 2 3 4 5
To CTRL Board

/K2 TX

2
AUX

4
3
6 7 8 9 /K2 RX

6
7

8
ALC

10
9
8R RF

AUX2 BOARD C7 C13 C2

.01 .01 .001 12V
ALL PINS OF P1, J1, AND J2 ARE CONNECTED IN PARALLEL
U2
EXCEPT FOR PIN 8, WHICH IS CONNECTED AS SHOWN.
78L05
P1 J1 J2
5V
To CTRL-P4 To KIO2-J2 OUT IN
To ATU-J8
GND
C12 C15
1

1
2

0.1 U2 0.1
4

4
3

3
5

OUT GND IN
7

8
10

10

10
9

L1 = On bottom of PC board.

12V
C2
C1 15µH Elecraft KIO2 Aux I/O Adapter
0.1 .01
By W. Burdick Rev. Date Sht.
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49
50
 R17 D1 D2
6V Reg. 5.5V
U4
78L06 220 1N5711 1N5711
R14

+
78L06 Z1 C11
2.7K .01
4 MHz BT1
IN OUT
GND 3V
-

+
W2
C10
OUT
GND
IN
10µF Note 2
12V
W1
R15
1N5711 12A

18

17

16

15

14

13

12

11

10

5
220
C17

VDD

CE
CLK
VDD
OSC1

DATA
RA1

RA0

OSC2

RB7

RB6
RB5

RB4
A C
0.22

U2 16C621A NJU6355ED U3

MCLR

GND
R16

RA2

RA3

RA4

VSS

RB0

RB1
RB2

RB3

/XT
I/O

XT
AUXBUS
J309

4
C9 220
470

D G Controller
S 6V
C19
X1
33 pF
32.768 kHz
S1 G G G
Q1 Q3 Q2
Filter Bypass Real-Time Clock
J309

S D S D S D
LPF1
6 5 4

OUT IN Low-Pass Filter

C3 .01
1 2 3
LPF2 LPF1
5%
R11
5

U1D
12 220 L1
4

6V + 14
3
3

- 82 mH
2

13 C1 C2
R10
2

.068 .068
1

L2
1

R9 5% 5%
P2 10K 10K
P1 To Ctrl Board, J2
82 mH R13
To Ctrl Board, J1 C16 470
R12
910
220 C4 .01
LPF2
6V
5%
AF2
8

RP1
3.9K AF1
C6 .022, 5% C8 .01, 5%
7

C13 RP1 OFF

1 2
12A R5 R8
3.9K
0.22 U1A
R4 C5 100K 510K
R6 C7
3 4 47K .022, 5%
C14 + 1 6 180K .01, 5%
- 9
.01 - -
2 11 + 7
5 + 8
C12 U1B 10
RP1 R1 U1C
3 4 6 5 R2
5K
5K
3.9K RP1 3.9K
0.22 AF1
AF2
SET
R7 SET
U1: LM837N C15 470 R3
470
470
6V
C18
Band-Pass Filter
NOTES: 0.22

1. R18 and R19 on the Control board (which may be jumpers) = On bottom of PC board.
must be removed when the KAF2 is installed.
2. Install W1 to skip the first-stage band-pass filter output (AF1). Elecraft KAF2 Audio Filter/RTC
Install W2 to select DD-MM-YY date format. By W. Burdick Rev. Date Sht.
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K60XV Schematic

OUT IN
P2
6V
J1
To 40/60m BPF XVTR RF
(J15) 1 2 3 Q1 1 2 3 4
R9 TX RF
2N3906
10K
RFC2 C8 C7
C6 P1 15µH .01 .01
4.7 To XVTR I/O
K1A K1B 6T
(J13) 8R
2 3 4 7 8 9
470
XVTR T-R

1
K2A
4 R8

2
C5
TX IN

3
D2 D1
3

4
2.2 5082-3081 5082-3081
BPF 2 C11

5
C1 C3 C4 C2 .01
47 47 7

6
8-50 8-50
*

7
60 m 8

8
6V C9
K2B 9 .01 R7
470
K1 and K2 are DPDT latching relays shown in RESET position.
Pins 5 and 6 of the relays are not connected internally. C14
.01
/LP

* PIN 6 of J13 on K2 RF board is normally 8T (8V TX) and

must be reconfigured for use as VRFDET (see text).
R1
Z1
AUXBUS VRFDET 3.6 VDC = 1.0 mW
4 MHz 100 C12
.001

TX RF LMC662
K2 U2B
5
1

10

K1 + 7
6
RFC1 D3 -
6V
1N5711 6LP
15µH Q2
D4
6LP 1N5711 PN2222A
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
10

C10
U2A
R2 .001
OSC1
RA1
RA0

OSC2
VDD
RB7
RB6
RB5
RB4

8
3
1M + 1
U1 2
16C621A R3 -
MCU R4
470K
4
MCLR
RA2
RA3
RA4

100K
VSS
RB0
RB1
RB2
RB3
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

R5
/LP R6

Q3
XVTR ALC 91K
1M

2N7000
C13 1 2 3 4 5
.01 C16
6T
.01

C15 R10
J2
.01 10K
* * XVTR Control

J2 PIN FUNCTION

1 GROUND
2 XVTR KEYLINE
3 XVTR SELECT 0
Binary encoding of ADR parameter
4 XVTR SELECT 1
in TRN menu entries (See text)
5 XVTR SELECT 2

* * Not required with Elecraft XV Series Transverters.

Elecraft K60XV 60m/XVTR IO

Note: All components are located on the bottom of PC board
B y W. Burdick Rev. Date Sht.
except resistors, diodes, J1, and J2.
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 K60XV MANUAL ERRATA
Rev. A-3, June 8, 2004

PLEASE MAKE THE FOLLO WING CHANGES TO TH E MANUAL BEF ORE

PRO CEDING TO ENSURE THAT TH E K60XV FUNCTIONS CORRECTLY

Page 13: Delete the third assembly step from the bottom, which begins “Switch to 40 meters….”
Page 16: At the end of the first paragraph, add the sentence: “Leave D 1 9 set for PA 6 0 =4 0 , even when
using KPA100 kit revision C.” (See detailed information below.)

IMPORTANT OPERATING NOTES:

1. Using the KPA100 on 60 meters: Recent KPA100 kit modifications (revision C) allow high-power
operation on 60 meters. However, these changes do not include a revised 80-meter low-pass filter. For 60
meters, you’ll still use the KPA100’s 30/40-meter low-pass filter. For this reason, you must leave the
K2’s D 1 9 menu parameter set for PA 6 0 =4 0 (see K60XV manual).
2. Using TUNE mode with the K60XV and KAT2 installed: If the KAT2 is in either of its autotune
modes (A U T O or A LT ), and you’re on a transverter band configured for LP mode (Low Power, 0 dBm),
holding TUNE drops power to 0.2 milliwatts maximum. You can override this behavior by holding
D I S P L A Y along with TUNE, or by selecting any KAT2 mode other than A U T O or A LT in the menu.

3. KAT2 modification for use with K60XV LP mode: In some cases the LM358 op-amp on the KAT2
can load down the K60XV's low-power RF detector (at the emitter of Q2), preventing the K60XV from
developing a full 0 dBm (1 milliwatt) signal at the transverter OUT jack. To correct this, change R6 on
the KAT2 from 47 ohms to 470 ohms. This resistor is supplied with the K60XV kit. R6 is on the bottom
of the KAT2 control board, and can be changed without removing the KAT2 module.