[Elecraft] K1 Help Needed

[Warren Allred]

Well, I seem to always have problems when I buy a used radio...  Strike
3...  :\

The other two were a complete loss but this one I need to salvage!

I just bought a K1 and I think it has receive issues.

I was trying to get on the air last night and hitting people with lot's of
signal (579, 589, 599) but could not hear them at all.

NB is off, tried with AGC on and off to no avail.  My Radio Shack SWL radio
with it's cruddy little antenna picked them up put not my K1 (feeding into
an end-fed 40-6m EARCHI 31' straight up and tuned to 1.4:1 or better).

Also, no matter how I try and calibrate the S-Meter - It does nothing. I
went through the procedures for the Lx an Hx settings (actually found a
real strong signal out of LA that I could get to peak the meter for Hx) but
no matter how I set it - It just stays at that bar reading level and does
nothing at all (AGC is on) from no signal to strong signal. No movement
from weak to strong signal at all.

It looks like I need to step through the voltage checks, and perhaps peak
Rx settings, but I wouldn't want to replace components (I might break it
more) so I am interested in shipping her off and paying someone to get this
radio right even though my budget is completely blown out.

Help and thanks!

-- Warren