[Elecraft] S meter

[JC Quinn]

Wow!  Don, you're good!  I had looked at those pins under 5x magnification 
and they looked fine.  I reflowed those pins and a couple of more on the 
board that did look questionable and now she works fine!
73 and Thanks a Million!
James
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Wilhelm" <w3fpr at embarqmail.com>
To: "JC Quinn" <kc4ee at sonet.net>
Cc: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 6:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] S meter


> James,
>
> I have to take you at your word that the AGC is working OK.  If that is in 
> fact true and you cannot get good S-meter indications on the bargraph, the 
> only thing that could be wrong is th esoldering of pins 9 and 10 of RP6 or 
> the soldering of U6 pin 3 (all on the Control Board).  Check those first.
>
> Should that not be the problem, then more extensive checks of the AGC 
> circuit are in order, and you can also conclude that your AGC is *not* 
> working properly.
>
> Remember that the most common cause of kit problems is soldering problems. 
> When in doubt, check the soldering, then recheck the soldering.  When you 
> have finished that, check the soldering.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> JC Quinn wrote:
>> With the RF gain fully ccw the S meter will not light at all.  I have 
>> tried it with the meter set in both DOT and BAR.  Now get this, at the 
>> end of PART II Alignment, CAL S HI did work.  Something messed it up 
>> during final construction.  FWIW the Bar Display DOES work in transmit 
>> showing RF/ALC so its not burned out and the first segment comes on in 
>> CAL S LO.  Any suggestions as to where to look next?  Does anybody know 
>> if Elecraft is working on Dec 31?
>> 73
>> James Quinn  kc4ee
>>
>
>
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