[Elecraft] W2 Issue

William Carpenter nz0tham at gmail.com
Thu May 20 09:12:28 EDT 2021


My W2 wattmeter suddenly stopped working properly this morning along with
that dreaded smoke smell.  The smell came from the 2KW sensor unit and upon
inspection R22 which is a 1K in the sense circuit is burned.  Of course
it's surface mount but I think I can replace it OK.  If not with another
surface mount I could possibly be able to mount a leaded resistor.  I was
operating at 100 watts on 20 meters into a low SWR when this happened.  Has
anyone else had this happen?  What could have caused this?  I have also
contacted Elecraft tech support about this but I know there are plenty of
experts on this forum too!

73, Bill NZ0T


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