[Elecraft] Re: K1 RIT Mod!!!

[Niel and Beth Wiegand]

Thanks for the tip. This worked great for me also. I used 47K 1/4 watt
resistors available at local RS.

73, 
Niel
K1 #750 
http://www.io.com/~nielw/qrp/QRP_Stn.htm


> Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 18:38:52 +0100
> From: "Gerhard Schwanz" <gerhardschwanz at yahoo.de>
> Subject: [Elecraft] K1 RIT Mod!!!
> To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Cc: support at elecraft.com
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> 
> Hi again,
> 
> I just soldered a bit. Changing C7 is not to my satisfaction as it also
> increased the tuning range considerably. So C2 or L1 would have to be
> adjusted too.
> 
> After a more thorough search in the web I found out that changing R4 and R5
> on the FPB has the same effect on the RIT range but leaves the tuning (VFO)
> range as is.
> 
> I changed the 10k resistors to 56k which gives me about +/- 700Hz RIT.
> 
> I wonder why this simple method is not described in the manual... And I
> wonder why the side effect of changing C7 is not mentioned either.
> 
> It would be nice to decide the RIT range during build time like the VFO
> range.
> 
> Keep on building!
> 
> Gerhard Schwanz
> DH3FAW
> mailto:gerhardschwanz at yahoo.de
> http://www.gs-personal.de
>