[Elecraft] K1 lost power out
Thor, N9IK
[email protected]
Wed Jul 16 21:51:01 2003
It's a Bad Thing.
My K1 (#1065 with KFL1-4, 40, 30,20, 15m bands) has gotten ill and weak. I
turned it on a little bit ago to listen around the bands & to see what I
could find. On the 20 meter band it would not tune - giving me the message
"Plo", meaning that the power is set too low for the tuner to work. I
checked, and the power was set for 5 watts. I checked the other bands that
the K1 covers. Same story on 15. 40 tunes, as does 30. I attached a dummy
load to check power output. Here's the result:
Output power is set to 5 watts. I don't have a qrp power meter, so these
are taken from the transmit power display on the K1.
40 meters: 1 watt out
30 meters: 5 watts out
20 meters: 0
15 meters: 0
This K1 has installed: KAT1, KFL1-4, KNB1, KBT1
Before I start digging into the innards, any suggestions as to what to
check first?
Thanks in advance,
- Thor, N9IK