[Elecraft] Need Help with XG1

[Robert Friess]

Hi Pete,

You are working much too hard.  I designed the XG1 for Elecraft and if
you send it to me, I'll repair it for you.

73,
Bob, N6CM

On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 6:34 AM, Pete Smith <pete.n4zr at gmail.com> wrote:
> Regrettably (hi), the emitter resistor is fine - very close to
> nominal.  wish I had a crystal to substitute, but I don't, so maybe I need
> to get one from Elecraft - or just hang up the whole thing and get an XG-2.
>
> Thanks for thinking about this, Don.  I hope people don't mind my
> continuing this on the list - I thought the archive might be useful to
> someone facing the same problem later on.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
>
> At 09:28 AM 1/30/2009, Don Wilhelm wrote:
>>Pete,
>>
>>Have you measured the emitter resistor (R2)?  I would suspect that more
>>than the crystal.
>>Since you do suspect the crystal, do you have any other crystal that you
>>can substitute for it - it can be any fundamental crystal somewhere
>>between 3.5 MHz and 15 MHz as long as you have a receiver that can hear
>>it to evaluate the result.
>>
>>73,
>>Don W3FPR
>>
>>Pete Smith wrote:
>> > I lifted one leg of C4, the output coupling cap, and took a look at the
>> > signal level at the collector of the transistor oscillator.  It is very,
>> > very low.  Is it possible that the RF surge somehow damaged the
>> > crystal?  I'm running out of components to replace here!
>> >
>> > 73, Pete
>> >
>> >
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