[Elecraft] LO Power for XV transverters

[Don Wilhelm]

Raj,

The full set of oscillator and oven power jumper options is on page 74 of
the transverter manual.  If you are using the oven and want the best
stability, I would believe you would want the oscillator and oven on all the
time (even when the K2 is off), and for that, the jumper is placed on 4 and
5.  You are correct - if you want the oscillator and oven to be powered only
when the K2 is powered, the jumper goes on 2-3.  With the junper on 1-2, the
oscillator and oven are powered only when the transverter is selected.

73,
Don W3FPR


> -----Original Message-----
>
> I have a full stack of XVs and just migrated to a K2 for IF.  Each of
> the XVs has a crystal oven.  I notice in the stock config for K2, the
> LO power jumper at JP9 is 1-2.  (All other jumpers are set as
> recommended for K2 IF with 0dBm drive and split paths.) Following the
> schematic it seems to imply that the LO and oven will be on only when
> the band is selected on the K2.  I would prefer to have all the LO
> and Ovens be on when K2 is on.  It seems that I can achieve this by
> switching the JP9 jumper to 2-3.  Is this correct?  Any downside to
> this change?  I am running this in my shack to the incremental
> current draw is not an issue.
>
> Any thoughts appreciated,
>
> Raj, N2RD
> K2 #5613
>
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