[Elecraft] K1 AGC problem more or less resolved.

Ron ZL1TW ron_w at clear.net.nz
Fri May 13 19:08:58 EDT 2005


Second send after being rejected as Spam!
>Hi,
>      Thanks to all who responded to my query about the AGC in the K1. 
> There sure are a lot of K1 owners out there!
>This morning I tried a suggestion that seemed to make sense to me, and I 
>changed C67 from 2.2uf to .22uf . I already had C31 changed to 1uf ( from 
>2.2uf) so I left that "as is".
>I consider the result of the changes to be *MUCH* better, with the AGC 
>reacting a lot faster, and the objectionable "blast" one got tuning into a 
>large signal is now reduced to a level where I will indeed trot the old K1 
>out for the Sprint tonight.
>To all who responded with confirmations and suggestions, please take this 
>as a collective "Thank You".....otherwise I will be in here all morning 
>answering emails!
>I make no claim to originality, or having the perfect fix..but it sure 
>sounds better to me at the moment.
>Cheers.......Ron ZL1TW
>K1 #575
>K2/100 # 2204
>K2  # 4325


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