[Elecraft] Elecraft K1 VFO reading

[Louandzip]

 Mine that I built around 20 years ago tunes:
40m 6999.9 - 7088.820m 13994.2 - 14083.4

See page 28 of the manual.  The tuning range depends on the value of C2.  The range can be further adjusted by the number and spacing of turns on L1.
It would be a good idea to go through a complete alignment on the rig, especially to ensure RX offset agrees with with TX/displayed freq (C13, page 47). 

Lou W7HV. 
    On Friday, November 26, 2021, 01:19:42 PM MST, Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:  
 
 Just bought a K1..an oldie but a goodie, I guess.

NB board and 2 bands board (20/40) No tuner.

 

So, just playing around, getting familiarized with this new-to-me little rig
before transmitting or hooking it up to a real antenna and I notice:

 

on 20m:  it tunes from 13.974MHz - 14.063MHz

 

and on it tunes from 40m from 6.980MHz-7.068MHz

 

When I transmit on a nearby rig or compare frequencies to DX cluster spots,
just using a chunk of wire for an antenna, and listen for the various
stations it looks like the VFO is reading pretty much bang on. 

 

So, is this a matter of incorrect components installed or a poor alignment
or the (re)seller messing with the "CAL" in the menu or ??

 

I don't really want to mess with it too much, but I am missing 20-25kHz of
usable bandwidth on each band. (seems like I have about 88kHz of tuning
range, but 20-26kHz of it is below the bands---oof !)

 

Ideas?

 

TIA !

 

73 Mike VE9AA  

 

Mike, Coreen & Corey

Keswick Ridge, NB

 

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