[Elecraft] K1 Deaf

[Joseph M. Durnal]

Michael,

I had a similar problem with my K1 while I was building it.  It turned
out to be diode D5.

The radio would hear very strong signals, things that were S9+ on
other HF rigs, but on the K1, sounded very very weak.

73 de Joseph Durnal NE3R



On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Michael - VE3MKX <mkx at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Hi,  I have a K1 #744, a four bander with the built in Auto tuner.   The rig
> worked great.  I haven't used it in a couple months, I went the other day to
> use it...  It is now deaf.  I hear strong signals, but compared to my FT-817
> running side by side, the K1 is missing a ton of signals.  The tuner appears
> to be working fine.
>
> Any thoughts on how to rectify the problem or where to start trouble
> shooting?
>
> 73 Mike
>
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