[Elecraft] K2 - Stumble at the last hurdle.

[M Bak]

This is my 2nd K2 build this year. This fantastic kit has kept me sane.   I
tested every component on an LCR meter (found RFC10 open) and tried to work
as slowly as possible.

I got to the end of the build to the very last alignment step.--

The adjustment of C44 and C46 for the 12 meter band and I can only get
0.2W. 10 meters is fine with adjusting L12 and L13 but 12 meters (which I
do not use but it should work) is nada.

I had the exact same problem on 20meters but careful tweaking of C21/23 and
L8/9 and it burst into life.

When testing the capacitors I noticed they had quite a wide tolerance
range. Could the band pass range for the 10 and 12 meter bands be too high?

Any ideas would be appreciated. I am quite good at wondering down rabbit
holes.

Rgds. Mark G4RUR


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