[Elecraft] K2 First Alignment. Good but no XG1 signal

[Don Wilhelm]

Rich,

Yes, W1 must be installed, and you must tune the K2 to the frequency of the
XG1. So it is really only good for the alignment of 40 meters (although it
may prove usable on the harmonics of 7040 kHz) and for setting the S-meter.
Usually band noise is usually sufficient to tune the bandpass filters, or
use a wideband noise generator - that way the bandpass filter peaking is not
dependent on tuning the K2 to a specific frequency within the band being
aligned.

73,
Don W3FPR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich McCabe" <r.mccabe at 1967z28.com>
To: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 5:42 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K2 First Alignment. Good but no XG1 signal


> I am building my second K2. I bought an XG1 after the first one was
complete
> so did not use it on the other build until after it was running.
>
> I am to the point in the process where I just did my first alignment step.
> Everything was perfect and S meter calibrated fine. There is a note that
> says if you have the XG1, you can use it to get your 50mv S9 signal at
this
> point.
>
> They do not give you much more detail than that. So I attached it to the
BNC
> at the back and nothing.  Looking over the schematic It looke like W1
might
> have to be installed. I did not spend much time looking but that seemed to
> be the case.
>
> So, should you be able to use the BNC and XG1 and get a signal?  Seems
like
> the RF board is not far enough along to do that yet.
>
> 73,
>
> Rich
> kd0zv
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Elecraft mailing list
> Post to: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> You must be a subscriber to post to the list.
> Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.):
http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm
> Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
>
>