[Elecraft] K1 TX Alignment troubles

Michael McCarty [email protected]
Sat Mar 1 15:32:01 2003


Thank you Dave,

That worked like a charm.  I was able to get 15m and 20m to peak.

I'm having a blast building it and during the initial receive tests I'm 
amazed at what I'm able to hear over my other rigs.

73 Michael


At 12:02 PM 3/1/2003, Dave Gingrich K9DC wrote:

>On Saturday, Mar 1, 2003, at 14:30 EST, Michael McCarty wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I'm trying to align my K1 and having troubles with two of the bands.
>>10m and 7m peak correctly, but 15m and 20m show P0.1.  The trouble 
>>shooting suggested a number of things, I've checked and double checked 
>>everything listed except the crystals and relays.
>>
>>Short of yanking the toroids and rewiring them all I'm at a loss for what 
>>to do next.
>
>Do you have another radio you can use to hear it while attempting the 
>alignment?  Sometimes it takes just a little more gain than provided by 
>the output meter to get it started.
>
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>Dave Gingrich, K9DC
>Indianapolis, Indiana USA
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