[Elecraft] Used K1 Has Issues - Need Advise

Tony dxdx at optonline.net
Tue Jul 7 21:41:05 EDT 2020


All:

I purchased a used K1 which looks to be in great shape, but it does have 
a few issues. The first is that it produces distortion on 30 meters with 
side-bands that appear across the spectrum. There's no distortion on 20 
or 40 meters so the condition is unique to 30 meters.

The other issue is with 17 meters. I measured 8 watts output on this 
band (external watt-meter) but the signal does not show up anywhere on 
the 17 meter band. The receiver appear to be working, but it's not 
receiving 17 meter signals.

I'm hoping these are minor issues that someone on the reflector maybe 
familiar with. The rig ( s/n 554 ) appears to be in excellent shape 
inside and out and the build quality is very good.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Tony -K2MO



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