[Elecraft] I'm Stumped- need some help from the group

[David Wilburn]

Have you used Spectrogram and gone through your CAL FIL?  That is where 
I found my frequency shift issue.  Take a look at the procedures here.

http://www.n0ss.net/k2_filters_using_gram_v5r17.pdf

David Wilburn
dave.wilburn at verizon.net
K4DGW
K2 #5982


Bob Fish wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> I was up late last nite trying to solve this thing and failed, it really 
> has me stumped. It may be obvious to one of you guys that know the radio 
> better than I. Here goes:
> 
> Last weekend, I made some ssb contacts in the WPX contest and all was 
> well. Good signal reports and my audio was reported in good shape as 
> well. Then on Tuesday I attempted to check in to a local 80 meter net 
> and after several attempts with no responders. A guy comes on  and says, 
> "Hey K6GGO, your 500 Hertz high, check your RIT". Well, I checked my RIT 
> and my XIT and they were both off. So after messing with this thing all 
> week I am throwing up my hands and asking for help.Here is the data I've 
> collected:
> 
> 1) I performed Wayne's procedure for adjusting the 4 mhz master 
> oscillator (C22). After I adjusted C22,  I zero beat WWV and the display 
> reads 10000.53
> 
> 2) I measured the output frequency of the transmitter with my frequency 
> counter and it matches the displayed frequency.
> 
> 3) Last night I quickly went through the Pll reference oscillator range 
> test, VCO test, VCO alignment, BFO test, and then ran the VFO 
> linearization. Still no Joy!
> 
> 4) Both the xit and rit appear to be working normally and are off.
> 
> 5) Both VFO's are set for the same frequency and are not set for split 
> operation.
> 
> Its as if the receiver and the transmitter are operating on different 
> frequecies 500 hz apart (receiver lower) and the display shows only the 
> transmitter frequeny.
> I hope this makes sense!
> This is probably going to be a button or something in the wrong position 
> causing me endless embarassment.
> 
> What do you guys think?
> 
> Thanks for the bandwidth,
> 
> Bob   K6GGO
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