[Elecraft] frequency variation in K2

Bill Coleman aa4lr at arrl.net
Fri Jun 4 08:17:43 EDT 2010


On Jun 1, 2010, at 6:00 PM, Jeffrey D Travers wrote:

> If I turn on the K2, change the frequency, run the ATU and begin to 
> transmit, the K2 will revert back to the earlier frequency.  I haven't 
> been able to discern a meaningful pattern and it always occurs when I 
> am not watching readout!  :)
> 
> Has anyone experienced this?  If yes and you found a solution please 
> advise.

Sounds like the K2 may be resetting to power-on startup. I see this occasionally if the RF in the shack is very high.

You also might check that your power supply voltage isn't dipping too low on transmit.


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