[Elecraft] K2 Out of Six Year Mothball with Issues

[Paul Agoglia]

I built a K2 that included the voice option and KAT100 amplifier back in 
2008.  For the last six years it has sat, seldom turned on.  Now that my 
son is off to college I have had an opportunity to sit down with it and 
attempt to make some contacts.

I also constructed an inverted dipole back then and it runs through an 
Elecraft Balun to the transceiver. The Balun has the 1:1 and 1:4 options.

Upon powering up, both the transceiver and KAT100 come on. However, when 
I press and hold Tune, whether on low power (less than 10 watts) or on 
high power, I always see 2.04r on the left of the screen.  On the right 
is see what appears to be an SWR of 1.1:1 when  on low power.   On high 
power it varies.  The LED's on the front of the KAT100 for SWR only on 
occasion light up during tune.

My transmission line runs through an MFJ 864 power/SWR meter, but the 
meter needle barely moves regardless of the amount of power I apply.

I cleaned up connections outdoors on the antenna and am ready to start a 
discussion with anyone willing to assist.  I am even willing to sit at 
the radio and talk on the phone so it might move along before snow flys 
here in central New York State!  haha.

Since the rig worked prior to the downtime, this might be a matter of 
only assisting me in memory recall on how to use the rig.  It could also 
be something that has occurred due to sitting for a long time.

If you can assist contact me via email or ask me for my phone number.

Thanks for listening,

Best,

Paul Agoglia    WN2K