[Elecraft] K2 no receive . . . where to start?

Mike Geddes geddes at tampabay.rr.com
Sat Apr 7 18:27:08 EDT 2007


I do hear hiss and white noise, no propagated signals whatsoever, except one 
very light cw transmission that sounded kind of like thumps on the wrong 
side of the band.  And as I mentioned, I can hear internal sidetone.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Wilburn" <dave.wilburn at verizon.net>
To: "Elecraft" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 no receive . . . where to start?


> No receive as in dead, no noises, or no receive as in I do not hear a 
> signal where I think I should?  Do you hear the birdie at 7 Mhz?
>
> David Wilburn
> dave.wilburn at verizon.net
> K4DGW
> K2 #5982
>
>
> Mike Geddes wrote:
>> Finishing up K2 6042 today.  Have fine output on all bands, but no 
>> receive!  I did use another HF rig to create signal for alignment . . . 
>> and I did hear that.  I can also hear SPOT, so think amp is okay. But 
>> nothing from antenna. For reference, I connected my K1 to same antenna 
>> and receive was fine.  I checked voltage at anode of D6 on the K2 and it 
>> is fine.  Not sure where to go from here. Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks and  73,
>> Mike
>> N4JX
>>
>> K1/4  2319 on the air
>> K2/100  6042 under construction!
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