[Elecraft] RE: Audio Pot Problem
Steven Pituch
spituch at ev1.net
Fri Apr 28 19:08:28 EDT 2006
HI Don,
Thanks for the reply. OK, now the radio is perfect. I did decide to take
it all apart once again, and I had checked everything except for the front
side of the panel board. I do hate to put those knobs back on with the
semi-stripped allen wrench holes. Anyway I did it, and was poking around
and noted that the jumper that goes under the R4 pot really didn't look too
good. I had used a piece of solid bus wire and some clear heat shrink
tubing for insulation. I took it off and replaced it with a piece of 22
gauge stranded wire, the type you see at the front of the PCs for hooking up
the idiot lights. This time I wrapped the wire over the top of R4 and R3.
This way the minimum length possible of the wire is in a tight area. I put
it all together and the thing works like a Rolls Royce.
Now I've got the perfect radio. I am so happy with this rig. Its worth
$12K to me.
Thanks again,
Steve, W2MY
Corpus Christi
PS:
Apparently Corpus Christi, and one small part of the gulf coast in Florida
were the only areas not touched, on the Gulf, by hurricanes last year. All
the hospitals and EOCs down here suddenly are trying to put together ham
radio stations as an alternate means of communication to satisfy FEMAs new
requirements. I have been helping with spec'ing out equipment and am amazed
at the high cost of halfway decent HF transceivers that don't come close to
the K2's performance. Does anyone know of any EOCs out there that are using
K2s for their HF needs?
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Yes that does sound suspiciously like a missed or bad solder connection.
73,
Don W3FPR
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