[Elecraft] K1 Alive Sans 20 Meters Followup

[john gabbard]

Maybe that suggestion was in the Sierra manual?anyone have a comment?  KF7OM
----- Original Message -----
From: "john gabbard" <johngabbard at usintouch.com>
To: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <rondec at easystreet.com>; <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K1 Alive Sans 20 Meters Followup


> When I built my K1,I think it was suggested that you spin themseveral
> times,maybe I'm wrong but it rings a bell somewhere in my Pee brain!72'
john
> KF7OM
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <rondec at easystreet.com>
> To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 5:18 PM
> Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K1 Alive Sans 20 Meters Followup
>
>
> That's completely normal behavior for the trimmers. As they come from the
> factory, new trimmers sometimes require "seating" by spinning the rotors
> several times. Once that's done, they are fine. My K2 is almost four years
> old and hasn't had a single sign of any instability once I 'seated' and
> adjusted the trimmers.
>
> Ron AC7AC
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> I got your suggestion to rotate the caps 10-20 times and I first thought
> that sounded kinda crazy - but - at this point after checking the trimmer
> installations and finding no problems - what did I have to lose?
>
> After rotating the trimmers a bunch of times - Whammo - Peaking was there
> and now have a solid 5 watts on 20 meters!
>
> Not sure exactly what was going on with the trimmers for sure - I did not
> overheat them when I soldered them (I use a Haeko Temp controlled
station) -
> But - It works!
>
> Any explanation on exactly what was going on with the trimmers?
>
> Thanks again and now on to the ATU build!
>
> 73 - WB8UFA / 7
>
>
>
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