>I'm having some strange experiences aligning the K1 transmitter. After following the procedure carefully, I put the radio in tune mode, and properly tuned the inductors for the 30m band. I got a reading of p3.1. I then started to tune the 20m band, which unfortunately showed p0.1. I fiddled around with the inductors, but got no power output on this band. I had a suspicion that the radio wasn't outputting any power, so I returned to the 30m band, put the radio in tune mode again, and it turned out that the power reading was now p0.1. I have attempted tuning and retuning the radio for the past several days on both bands, and sometimes I am successful. However, only minutes after a successful tuning session, power output drops to 0.<
>If you have an older K1, they had a problem with the trimming capacitors needing "set" in that the electrical contact was not up to par - so turn them around about ten to twenty times. The newer K1's do not have this problem - but it won't hurt to turn them anyway. Some people could not align them at all until they turned them 20 or so turns.< Dave mentioned tuning the inductors on 20 and 30 meters...If it involves tuning inductors, the K1 is a 2 band unit and does not have trimmer capacitors... Jerry, wa2dkg _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
