[Elecraft] K2 SSB adapter problem
Don Wilhelm
w3fpr at embarqmail.com
Sun Apr 13 09:51:44 EDT 2008
Jerry,
T1 and T2 are not in the path for CW or TUNE, so they are not high on
the list of suspects for Lernart's situation.
OTOH, if the low power is on SSB (but CW and TUNE are good), then T1 and
T2 would be the prime suspects.
73,
Don W3FPR
n0jrn wrote:
> Lernart:
>
> I had a similar problem with my K2 #6272. Gary sent me a
> response stating that T1 and T2 could cause
> a low power situation on the higher bands IF they were
> switch or the turn count was wrong or bad solders ........
>
> I checked all mine and found that I had all turns correct, they were
> in the correct location and all solder joints were good.
>
> I expanded on what Gary told me and started checking all related
> components. I found I had the wrong value in R10. It was suppose to
> be 100 ohm and I had put a 10K ohm resistor in that spot.
>
> Correcting the resistor error corrected the problem.
>
> Check you schematic and check all the components related to T1 and
> T2..........
>
> YMMV but it's worth a look.
>
> 72 Jerry N0JRN
>
> On 4/13/2008 5:00:20 AM, Lennart (lennart at sm6knl.se) wrote:
>> After I installed the K2 SSB adapter I get half or less power on all
>
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