[Elecraft] No transmit on ssb on my K2

[John MacKenzie]

Thanks for the reply Jim,

> You have tried another mic and no output on SSB. I think it would be
> unlikely you had two bad mics....so-o-o-o

Yes I tried two mikes on the K2, both had worked on it before, and both
still work on my Kenwood 2 meter radio.

> 1) Having made a fool of myself more than once on this one, be
> sure all the supply voltages are present and accounted for.
> Then....

I was too busy making CW contacts yesterday to pull the cover for mere SSB,
but I agree and will do today.

> 2) I would set up as if I was going to do a carrier balance adjustment (pg
> 19 Elecraft KSB2 Manual), only I would unbalance the carrier and with the
> power control set at about 2 watts or so (K2 on a dummy load) and see if I
> had power out. If so then the problem would seem to be one of audio, i.e.
> the speech compressor and/or associated components. If not, it is probably
> time to break out the rf probe and to do a little signal tracing to find
> what is missing.

I had that page opened and lying on the desk last night, just didn't know if
it would give me anything to work with. Good point to check the carrier like
that. I was trying to think of a way to narrow down the problem.

This maybe wishful thinking, but I leaning toward physical damage to solder
joints on the back side of the mike socket on the K2. The 8 pin connect of
my SignaLink and of one of my mikes are hard to plug in and remove. Button
settings would have been better:)

I love running my K2 and hate to pull it apart even for a day.

73 Jon n1sjz