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

Mike Geddes geddes at tampabay.rr.com
Sat Apr 7 18:30:25 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
>>>
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