[Elecraft] [K2] POWER control has no effect on actual transmit power

[Ben Byer]

On Oct 28, 2012, at 5:51 AM, Mike K8CN <Mike.Carter at unh.edu> wrote:

> It sounds like re-heating of the solder connections on both sides of C121 is
> in order.  The fact that your RF voltage on terminal 3 of T1 has the proper
> ratio to that on terminal 1 implies that T1's solder joints are OK.  The
> absence of RF on the driver (Q6 base circuit) side of C121 could be due to a
> very low impedance being presented there, but this would have been reflected
> in a much lower voltage reading at terminal 3 of T1 ** if ** C121 was
> properly connected.

Thank you (and Don) very much for your help!   Reflowing C121 fixed it, and my K2 is now complete.  Now I just have to come up with an antenna, and I'll be on the air.

Cheers,
Ben (KJ6ZGJ)