Rick, Look carefully, then look again and again for the bad solder connection in the K1 tuner.
73, Don W3FPR > -----Original Message----- > > When I built my (second) K1-4 last year, it worked fine in all > respects, with output as expected. Couple months ago it turned > into a K1-2. I got full power on 40 and 30 M but less than 1/2 W > on 20 and 15 M. I took it apart and measured RF voltages on 20 > M. They were low at all points. I put it together without the > tuner. It worked on all bands. A K1-4 again. I put tuner back > and it still worked fine. I used it without problem until today. > Bact to a K1-2 again. 20 and 15 M had less than 1/2 W. I took > it apart and removed tuner again. Big change. Now I get too > much power on all bands. 10 W on 40 M to 5 W on 15 M. I have > never got more than 7 W on any band. I turned power down to 0.1 > W and still got high power on all bands. Also, the RF indicator > on the K1 dosn't work. No bars light. Looks like I have a power > control problem. Like no control. Any ideas? Supply voltage was 12.7 V. > 73 > Rick > K7MW > _______________________________________________ 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
