[Elecraft] Intermittent 20m

Jonathan Broscious [email protected]
Mon Aug 19 13:13:00 2002


Hi all,

My K1 has an intermittent problem on 20 meters. Sometimes it workes
great, and I work QSOs with it. Other times it goes out completely. It
won't recieve anything, even band noise, the antenna tuner wont tune the
antenna, and when I press the key, the wattmeter doesn't show any bars.
Anybody have any hints, and how I can fix it without using a bunch fancy
equipment?

I had this problem before, and I replaced the 20 meters crystal and it
worked again. However, I have a hard time believing that two crystals
would go bad. 

I be grateful for any help that anyone might have, since 20 meters is my
favorite band.

Jonathan Broscious-KB3HVR