[Elecraft] K2 CW transmit hum

[Don Wilhelm]

You can cure that condition by installing the VCOSHLDMD from Elecraft. 
It adds a mu-metal shield around T5 so the transformer core is not 
modulated by the magnetic field from the power supply transformer.

If you do install that mod, first adjust the T5 turns spacing and then 
put the shield around T5 and make a final adjustment by moving the end 
turns of the red winding a bit closer together or further apart.

That last step is not mentioned in the instructions, but I have found it 
necessary.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 10/31/2020 12:06 PM, Louandzip via Elecraft wrote:
> I got bad TX hum when I temporarily place my K2 on top of a 35A Astron power supply.  Seemed to be from the transformer's leaked magnetic field and went away if I lifted the K2 just an inch or two.    I'm sure I posted about it in the reflector, but that was pushing 20 years ago.  My call might have been different at the time.
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