During the recent September VHF contest I could only hear the absolute strongest local stations on the XV222/K3 in my rover. It worked FB in June. My XV432 worked just OK as usual. Stations told me I was the loudest signal on the 222 band so the TX side is fine.
I put it on the bench and connected my Elecraft N-Gen. When turned on I could barely detect an increase in noise. Tried the same on my XV432 and it went from S0/1 to a solid S9. I'm guessing that I somehow blew up U1 (an ERA6) and/or Q3 (an ATF 34143). I don't have a good scope, RF generator, or RF voltmeter but kinda think replacing both will fix my XV. A bad relay is an option too. Thoughts? I'd like to fix it to have for a spare as I plan on moving non-BigE transverters for 222 and 432. 73, Mark K2QO NF2RS/R for the September VHF -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
