[Elecraft] Debugging no TX on K2
Jeff Kinzli
kinzli at kinzlicoils.com
Fri Feb 2 23:58:58 EST 2007
So I've been debugging as I get time my recently finished K2, and trying
to find out why it's got no output.
Tonight I traced all of the DC voltage points in the troubleshooting
guide, and found two anomolies, both of which are connected to one
another.
On pin 7 of U4, and also pin 1 of U5, I get 4.9V, and the manual
says they should be 0V.
My first thought was a solder bridge, but I see none.
U4 is where there's a mod on the bottom side of the board. My thought now
is that while adding that mod, I overheated U4 and opened up a path
to pin 7 of 5V.
Does that sound possible/reasonable/likely? Would that also cause my
"no output" problem? These chips appear to be in the PLL circuit, so it seems
if these were fried, I'd have frequency/VFO problems, yes?
Since these two pins connect to each other, and nothing else, I don't see
any other way for 5V to get in there.
Or, am I chasing another ghost? :)
Thanks for any ideas guys, you have all been very helpful and I really
appreciate it.
Jeff
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