[Elecraft] K2 deaf on 30m and 12m

[Dr. Werner Furlan]

Don, 

as usual, you are perfectly right. 
the RANT was on, and no antenna connected.   blush....


73! de Werner OE9FWV


Don Wilhelm schrieb am 15 Aug 2007 um 9:00:

> Werner,
> 
> Since there is no relationship between 30 meters and 12 meters in the
> hardware, then I suggest that you first check the RANT menu setting for
> those bands.  Problems like this are usually the rresult of inadvertently
> setting RANT (receive antenna) to ON for the bands that seem 'dead'.
> 
> Just for those who are wondering, the 30 meter bandpass filter is shared
> with 20 meters, and the 12 meter bandpass is shared with 10 meters - if
> there is a hardware failure, both bands would likely be affected and both
> transmit and receive would fail.
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
> 
> Dr. Werner Furlan wrote:
> > hi all, 
> >
> > I am back from a trip to Panama and the K2 did a good job especially on
> > 40 and 20m, had S7 contacts to Europe with 10W. But I also found out that
> > the receiver of the K2 is deaf on 30 and probably also on 12m band. 
> > Transmitting seems to work fine, I can measure full output on all bands.
> > Where should I start to search?
> >
> > 73! de Werner OE9FWV
> >
> >   


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