[Elecraft] low sensitivity on 10m

Wim Dewilder [email protected]
Mon Jul 7 13:14:03 2003


Hi All

just finished K2 #3553 alligned it yesterday. Did some A/B tests with my 
TS-570DG
and seems comparable receiver performance for weak signals, so far tested
on 20m and 40m. Power output easily over 10Watts ...

While listening to some folks near 28200 I noticed a big difference 
between the two, the K2
doesn't hear that well on 10m. The signal was S5-7 on the 570, loud, but
was much weaker on the K2 S1-2 and sounding weaker.
Pre-amp was on and makes a difference. Turning AGC totally off just 
increases background noise
just a bit, similar to when I do it on 20m.

I alligned the filters a couple of times but doesn't seem to make a 
difference.

I will look at the caps and soldering near the 10m band filter, any 
other areas
that could cause this ?

thanks
de K6TE Wim.