I don't recall for sure, having recently completed my K2, but I may have had that same problem at first as well. Make sure you are connecting to a good ground on the RF board. Use those little loops of wire, that is what they are for. I had also put the ground probe for the DMM into one of the 2D connectors but found that my voltage measurement was a bit low. When I used the ground on the board the voltage came right up to what it should be.
As a test engineer I have learned to question measurements and to remeasure. I sometimes stop remeasuring once I get the answer I want to get. ;^) Mark, NK8Q K2 #4786 >From: Paul Bruneau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Mon Mar 28 10:22:27 CST 2005 >To: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Delaware! & AGC >On Mar 28, 2005, at 10:55 AM, Mike Markowski wrote: > >> Last night I completed what the manual calls "Assembly, Part I" of the >> RF board. What a great feeling to power up the K2 to check out the >> control and display boards, and to hear the relays click and see the >> menus working. So far the only thing that hasn't quite reached >> recommended values is that my control board AGC voltage maxes out at >> 7.92 V rather than the 8 V mentioned in the manual. I'll have to >> search >> & see if anyone has reported a similar thing. > >I'm really glad you posted that because I just ran mine through those >tests a few days ago and was slightly troubled to note that mine also >maxed out just under the 8v. I think mine got up to 7.98. I'll be >interested to see what you find out, or who else might chime in with >some data. > >Thanks, >Paul >KB8NMZ (This weekend I upgraded to General from Grandfathered Novice in >anticipation of my K2's completion!) >K2 SN 4818 > >_______________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Post to: [email protected] >You must be a subscriber to post to the list. >Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm >Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
