Thanks Don. CB checked out at 7.85v and removed resistor. Current drain test 
was good at .14a

Best Don KF7DS

Don Wilhelm <w3...@embarqmail.com> wrote:

>Don. measure the voltage at the output side of Control Board 4.  It 
>should be in the vicinity  of 8 volts.
>
>I would suggest removing the 15k resistor and checking the voltage at CB 
>U2 pin 5.  If that voltage is 3.7 volts or more, that will work out just 
>fine.  If lower than 3.7 volts, add back the resistor and set he AGC 
>Threshold voltage for somewhere between 3.75 amd 3.8 volts as measured 
>at Control Board U2 pin 5.
>
>73,
>Don W3FPR
>
>On 8/24/2012 8:39 PM, Don Singer wrote:
>> I am finishing the first phase of my K2 build, and everything has gone
>> well up to this point. All resistance and voltage tests are fine.
>>
>> When I went to set the AGC Threshold as per page 47 of the K2 Manual, I
>> got 5.0 volts as the lowest setting I could achieve when adjusting R1 on
>> the Control Board , so I followed the instructions at the top of page 48
>> and followed the AGC Level Application Note and installed the 15K
>> resistor between pins 3 and 4 of RP6 on the Control Board.
>>
>> The resistance across the 15k resistor, once installed on the Control
>> Board on pins 3 and 4, was 3K. I reflowed the solder to see if I could
>> get the 3.5k ohms specified on the worksheet, but still got 3K and
>> thought that is good enough.
>>
>> I reassembled the K2 and ran the AGC Threshold section again - but,
>> instead of being closer to 3.8 volts, I am now at 6.2 volts as the
>> lowest reading I could get. The lowest voltage went up and not down? Why
>> is that?
>>
>> I am not sure if this is meaningful or not so I am holding from moving
>> forward until I know if this is an issue, or just move on, or remove the
>> 15k resistor across pins 3 and 4 of RP6?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Don KF7DS
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