Rich:

The rs-232 I think is included in the 100 watt kit.
The filter is a programmable crystal filter ranging from approximately 100 
hz to 2.5 khz with adjustable center frequency.
The krc2 is approximately 3.5 by 5.5 by 1.5 inches.
It also will function as a remote antenna switch controler.
At 10:19 PM 6/2/2006 -0400, you wrote:

>Hi;
>I thought I vaguely remembered you using one of these radios.  Does this
>thing also come with crystal filters for cw and or phone or are they part of
>the package.  Sounds like you need the rs232 adaptor to use the external cw
>unit to read menus.  Any idea how big this external cw thing is?
>I thought I saw a list of people who wanted to build but can't find it now
>if my life depended on it.  Sounds like this might be something worth
>considering.  I'm not much for qrp or cw for that matter but with the
>amplifier it might be a rather nice radio.  A bit pricy but what isn't
>Rich ----- Original Message -----
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>Hey Rich,
>
>The menus do read with the KRC2, if you press the button to read the
>display. Really, it's very nice--about the only things that don't
>read are the tuning rate or tuning locked status and whether VOX is
>on or not.
>
>Yes, the tuner is external to the 100-watt radio.
>
>I've had a K2 for a couple years and like it quite a lot! Really the
>cat's whiskeers for cw, and it's not too slouchy on phonee eeither.
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