[Elecraft] I changed K2 R98 to 1K - not good?

[w6jd at comcast.net]

That's why I always check the value with an ohm meter if there is any ambiguity in reading the color code. 

Doug
W6JD

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Don" <ehrlich at olypen.com> 

> Well, I have had the experience! Sometimes the orange band looks a lot 
> like a red band ... and I have seen 'brown' bands that were really a dark 
> red. I let the smoke out of one of those once. 
> 
> Don K7FJ 
> --------------------------------------- 
> 
> Don, you are right on the money! 
> 
> The resistor I put in was 10K, not 1K! Ahhhggg! 
> 
> I went back and tried a 1K. Now i get very stable full output on all bands. 
> 10 Meters is giving 95 watts into a dummy load. That's plenty. 
> 
> Now, back to special event station K1Y SKN operations ... 
> 
> - Keith N1AS - 
> - k2 5411.ssb.100 - 
> 
> ________________________________ 
> 
> From: Don [mailto:ehrlich at olypen.com] 
> 
> 
> I'll bet you find out that the 1 K you put in was actually some other value 
> .. or .. something happened you did not plan (cold solder joint?). If the 
> 
> 
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