[Elecraft] K1 VFO frequency does not change

Don Wilhelm w3fpr at embarqmail.com
Sun Feb 24 08:10:55 EST 2013


John

Is D3 oriented correctly?  Is it well soldered?
Is C2 well soldered?
Those two components are about the only ones that would prevent the 
frequency from changing.
A faulty D3 is a possibility, although that would be rare.

73,
Don W3FPR
On 2/23/2013 9:43 PM, W8DE wrote:
> I'm at the VFO range test in building of my K1.  I go into the CAL menu,
> display OSC and see a freq of 3.121 MHz.  The frequency does not change when
> I turn the VFO tuning pot.
>
> I checked the voltage on the VFO POT signal and it goes between 0v and
> 5.935v.  The voltage on D3 goes between 0v and 5.888v.
>
> Any suggestions on where I should look to determine why I cannot change VFO
> frequency ?
>
> 73,
> John W8DE
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