[Elecraft] K1 sn# 1647 alive and well!

[Lawrence Makoski]

Fellow Elecrafters,

My K1 sn# 1647 is alive and well!  Got finished with the transmitter =
section alignment last night and got it on the air tonight.  Had a QSO =
with Garry, WA1GWH in upstate NY.  He was running 1 watt from a Heathkit =
HW-40 to a random wire.  I was running the K1 at 4 watts to my G5RV.  We =
both received 599 reports from each other.  Garry then reduced output to =
250mW and went down to a 559 and the reduced again down to 100 mW where =
he was a 339 - 349 at best.  He "zoomed" back up to "high power" (1W) =
where we finished the QSO.

The K1 went together like a dream and I only had one minor problem.  =
Upon finishing the kit, the speaker wasn't working.  The headphones were =
fine, but the speaker had nil output.  First, I determined that there =
was NOT a short in the headphone jack that would have muted the speaker =
even when the cans were unplugged. Then I did a little schematic tracing =
and saw that the speaker pin #1 wasn't making it, continuity wise, back =
past the headphone socket.   Those headphone socket pins were so short!  =
I melted more solder in there to improve the connection; but no joy.  I =
must have slightly bent a pin or something. Anyway, the next pad over =
was where the connection was supposed to go - so a little jumper made =
from a piece of excess component lead was called into service and did =
the trick!  Everything is working as per Hoyle; and I couldn't be =
happier!  Thanks to all the folks at Elecraft for producing such a =
superb product!


73 de Larry W2LJ - Vivat Morse!

W2LJ@arrl.net
http://www.qsl.net/w2lj

ARRL Lifemember  QRP ARCI #4488     NJQRP #47
FISTS #1469  QRP-L #778   FP #612  QRPp-I #759
ARS #1528 --- K1 #1647


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