[Elecraft] Re: Very Dissatisfied With Elecraft Support

[Mike Morrow]

Curt wrote:

>I'm wondering if the trouble with your K1 on 20M is the 22 mHz
>premixer crystal is bad.

That's exactly what I was thinking, and was wondering why in the scores
of earlier replies there had been no suggestion of this.  The RF probe
won't solve this very likely cause!

Jon, see if you can find a local ham who has a receiver that can copy
22.000 MHz and get your K1 next to that receiver.  When 20m is selected
on your K1, you should be able to hear the 20m filter board heterodyne
crystal signal strongly in the other receiver if a piece of wire laying
near your filter board is input to the other receiver's antenna connection.
The signal should likely be found around 21.995 to 22.005 MHz.  If you hear
nothing, then the crystal is not working.

If this is not possible, get Elecraft to send another 22 MHz crystal and
swap it in (easter-egg it).  Elecraft support is, in fact, of the highest
order and not matched by many other ham radio merchants.

The K1 is a fantastic little rig...my favorite QRP rig of all time.  I
would have suggested buying the four-band filter board instead of the
two-band, because not only does it double the bands but it does so with much
sharper RF filtering than is found in the two-band board.  At least you'll
be able to upgrade later when you find out what a gem the K1 is, and maybe
re-build your two-band board for bands the four-band board doesn't cover.

73,
Mike / KK5F