Thanks Don - I did not build my K2 but I checked L33 and it looks good. It seems the problem is more prominent when I push on the top cover anyway, which makes me think that L33 isn't the problem. Are there any specific components in the front left of the RF board I should look for specifically for bad solder joints?
-- TJ Campie, w0ea On Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > TJ, > > That is indeed weird behavior for the K2. I would suspect a solder > connection problem somewhere inside the K2. > > If not a solder problem -- > Did you flush cut the leads below the BFO inductor L33? If not, the > toroid may be sitting too high and contacting the bottom cover. And did > you put tape on the bottom cover where L33 is located to assure that the > toroid cannot make contact with the bottom cover? > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 5/4/2011 7:50 PM, TJ Campie wrote: > > Something seems weird with my K2 - when I put my hand near the front left > > of the face the frequency of signals on the band swing around wildly > > (sometimes I can get the signal to go outside of a 500 hz passband). > > Sometimes it settles back down to where it was before but sometimes not. It > > also happens if I push on the top of the cover on the top left too. I'm not > > sure if its a shielding issue or what but I took the cover off and stuck my > > hand in that corner and could not get it to act up until I put the cover > > back on. > > I couldn't find anything in the manual about this type of behavior so > > hopefully somebody on the list knows of a way to fix this as it is getting > > a bit annoying. > > Thanks! 73 de W0EA > > TJ > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
