Michael, Is this new K2 as sensitive (ability to receive weak signals) as the prior ones? If not, you have have a fault somewhere in the receiver section. Do strong signals activate the S-meter bargraph? Try adjusting the S-meter (CAL S-LO and CAL S-HI) as indicated in the manual, then if you have an XG1 or XG2 or other source of a 50 uV signal, connect that to the antenna and see how close that signal source comes to indicating S-9 on 40 meters with the preamp off. If it indicates anywhere between S-7 and S-9, there is nothing wrong with the receiver, and you can adjust for an S-9 indication using CAL S HI.
If the receiver is functioning well according to the above checks, then it may be that the AGC OFF signal is not doing it proper function. Check the orientation of Control Board D2. Then, if properly oriented, be certain the voltage at the cathode goes to a low value when the AGC is turned off - if it does not, check pin 9 of CB U6 - it should be the same voltage as the D2 cathode - and if that pin does not go low when AGC is off, the microprocessor chip has a bed output pin (pin 9). 73, Don W3FPR Michael van Hauten wrote: > With my new K2 i have a strange AGC behavior. I cannot detect a difference > between AGC on and off. The voltage at pin 5 U2 is exactly 3.8v after > changing the 8V regulator to a better one. All my earlier k2's had a large > increase in AF when switching off AGC. I possibly made a short between pin 5 > and pin 6 of u2 when measuríng the AGC voltage at pin 5. So possibly 3.8 V > came to pin 6. Do i have a defective u2? Reception works very well, only > swiching on/off of the AGC is without any change. > Some hints for me? > Michael, DC0ZO > > K3 #1999, K2 #6614 > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
