We're feeling good about K2 # 5422 operation - it seems to receive well, on a good day on the ham bands. I've gone over the "Transmitter Alignment" page 77 several times. And we have an analog-meter MFJ AT on order.
I'm wondering if I haven't gotten some of the variable-L's, like L3, L4, ......, L12, and L13 - off tuned and their cores too high or too low, putting them in false peaks? When going thru the page 77 K2 "Transmitter Alignment" steps - some of the coils have very minimal peak areas - perhaps it will become more evident when I get an analog meter in the dummy load coax line. QUESTION 1: IS THERE A KNOWN DISTANCE, "inches", that all of these RF Board "Toko Variable Inductor" E690002, and E690001 inductor cores are set - from factory? 1/4", 1/8", top, bottom, center? 1 or 2 of the inductors - I believe we have the core screwed very high up near the top of the little can. For something as serious as receiver/transmitter alignment of my new K2 - I'd have a better feeling, knowing I really have the whole circuitry peaked correctly. And just "looking at a varying output wattage level" (which jumps up significantly sometimes, and then settles back down, on tune/no tune) - on LCD doesn't give me a warm fuzzy. QUESTION 2: If I install the SSB Option NOW, will that mess up my ability, to repeat the receiver/transmitter alignment steps? I did install the NOISE BLANKER yesterday. Thanks, Fred N3CSY K2 # 5422 --- 40/20 sounded great on CW yesterday. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.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
