[Elecraft] K2 IF Amplifier allignment birdie lacking and alternative tuning

[Nancy and Bob Widmaier]

I tried to find the MHz birdie and could not hear it. Perhaps it was below the noise level.  I could not observe any change on a DMM when adjusting L34.  Is there any other way to hear the birdie?  I tuned L34 for the maximum signal strength of a 7.03 Mhz cw ham signal.  Will this work; or is there a better way not having a signal generator?

73,

Bob Widmaier
K3JOP