[Elecraft] K1-4 question

[David J Adams]

Mama always said "Stupid is as Stupid does".  I should mention that I 
have a KAT1.  If that is not installed (say when you are aligning the 
filter board), and you do not reinstall the jumper, power is negligable 
(though good enough to swamp receivers in this house).  Regardless, 
remembering the jumper, I popped in the KAT1, took r36 out of line via 
the new nifty dip switch, and voila...power readings...when set to four 
watts, I get a reading of 4 watts on all but the 30m band (which is 
reading 2 watts for some reason).  I also went looking in boxes for my 
bird slug (which I didn't find), and found a ratshack wattmeter which 
confirms the 4 watts on 7/14/18 and 2 on 10Mhz.  Go figure....I'm back 
in business (though I need to figure out the low power on 30m).

73 de dave, n9uxu

David J Adams wrote:

> Greetings!  Quick question.  I just did a trim cap replacement and the 
> K-1 upgrade (not the VFO linearity, but the two dipswitches and 
> inductor).  I tuned the four band board and everything seems to be 
> hunky dunky, except that the K1 insists that the power output (into a 
> dummy load) is zero (all bands).  Every receiver in my house seems to 
> disagree as I can swamp them.  Unfortunately, my Bird HF slug has gone 
> AOL, so I have no wattmeter to verify output.  If we assume that the 
> power out is actually non-zero, any thoughts on what I might have 
> damaged during the upgrade to cause the lack of power reading on the 
> k-1 display?
>
> 73 de dave, n9uxu
>
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