[Elecraft] K2 BFO drift problem

[Don Wilhelm]

Get a replacement L33 and see if that takes care of it.  You might wan 
to request a replacement mounting resistor as well.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 4/13/2014 9:23 PM, TheMG . wrote:
> Leads under L33 are flush cut as flat as possible and it is mounted on
> the rubber bumper with half the stem cut off exactly as per the
> instructions. The resistor was pushed down into the center to keep L33
> secure and to prevent the resistor body from being pressed on by the
> bottom cover.
>
> No luck on resoldering L33 or the crystals underneath it. However I
> did notice that when I pull up on the resistor so it isn't pressing
> down on L33 (the inductor is at this point completely loose and free
> to move around. I have the K2 upside down with the bottom cover
> removed and it has been running this way for several hours with
> absolutely no drift. BFO range is 4912.31 to 4917.85 and stays within
> 0.01 of that as it warms up.
>
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