[Elecraft] K1 lost power out

[Phil Wheeler]

Thor, N9IK wrote:

> 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 


If you have not upgraded the trimmers in the KFL1-4 (and have the 
original model), you should do so.  With the original trimmers, it 
needed aligned very frequently.  You need:

> KFL1-4TRIMKIT
>  KFL1-4 Trimmer Cap. Upgrade with caps. (Included in current K1-4 and 
> KFL1-4 kits.)
>  $15


Of course, if you have a newer K1, this may not be the problem

See this url for discussion:

http://www.elecraft.com/Apps/KFL1_4_Temp_range.htm

73, Phil







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