[Elecraft] K1 Receiver Alignment

Fri May 16 04:18:01 2003

Thanks for that Dave. Last night I aligned the K1 rx on 7,10 & 21megs with
only a few feet of wire in the kitchen! Most of the trimmers were near the
correct setting anyway. I can't here anything on 20m yet so I guess I'll
have to get more wire out and try again. I've got an old TS520, it has a
fault on tx but I may be able to get a few watts out of it on 14megs.

I've only been licensed a few weeks so not in any call books or qrz.com. I
think I can put myself into qrz.com? I'm in south Manchester.

Ok on the power supply. I'm using a variable 0-30V, 5A PSU but it's a bit
heavy for moving about. I'll either build one or maybe look around for a
cheap s/h one.

Getting on the air will have been a long process for me but I think it will
be worth it eventually.

Thanks and 73's .

Martin (M0KWV)

"Dave" <[email protected]> on 15/05/2003 19:51:36

To:    <[email protected]>
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Subject:    Re: [Elecraft] K1 Receiver Alignment

Martin

The K1 is quite critical to align, from what I recall when I built mine a
year ago following the manual seemed just fine. Some people have had
success
with transmitting a carrier at low power from another transceiver into a
dummy load and just picking up enough signal on a K1/K2 with a few feet of
wire for an antenna. I am in the fortunate position of having a pretty good
signal generator, so alignment is not a problem for me, although it's not
difficult to align a K1 without one.

The scope won't help.

I tried to look you up on QRZ.COM and Buckmaster, you aren't listed on
either site... I don't suppose you are in East Yorkshire are you?

73's Dave, G4AON

----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 2:52 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K1 Receiver Alignment

> Hi Guys, Fired up my K1 last night (rx only, tx not done yet) can't
believe
> it all works fine exactly as the book. VFO adjusted OK but now I need to
> align the receiver. I have a xtal marker (every 2.5khz) do you think I
> could use this for alignment. Also I have a 20meg scope, would this be
any
> use instead of my ears? if so where would I connect it?
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Martin (M0KWV)
>

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