[Elecraft] Meter readings jumping around

[David C Dawson]

Hi,
I have got to the stage where the physical construction of the RF board
on the K2 is complete and it is assembled except for the filter peaking.

I have noticed that the internal meter is jumping around somewhat at
times, although the analog meter I have in line with the dummy load does
not.

I noticed that when I applied power on 20 meters, and started tweaking
L8 and L9 the power went up and up to 8 watts, then when I did it again,
it was stable at around 2.0. Is that abnormal?

The S meter seems to jump around somewhat; that is, it jumps between two
adjacent bars (dot mode) on occasion.

I think that there may be a poor solder joint somewhere (historical
precedent ;-)).

Where should I start to look?
Thanks

-- 
David Dawson

The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians
who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool
all of the people all of the time.
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