Bob, Yes, the best and easiest way to determine what is wrong is to do Receiver Signal Tracing. That should allow you to isolate the problem to a single stage and armed with that information, we can likely help better.
You do not need a 10 MHz crystal. Any crystal frequency within the tuning range of the K2 will do just as well. The 10 MHz crystal is suggested if you have no other - they are inexpensive and commonly available from a number of sources. You will also have to build up an RF Probe (or use a 'scope). The parts to build an RF Probe were included with your K2 kit. 73, Don W3FPR Bob wrote: > Greetings, > I just finished building my K2 and seems to work pretty well except > that it does not received like I think it should. I put it side by > side with my K1 and the K1 picked up signals better. They were louder > and clearer on the K1 than the K2. I have made about 3 passes through > the alignments and am comfortable with those. The S meter, when I am > listening to a strong signal, will barely come off the first bar. All > of the resistance and voltage checks along the build have come out > fine. I am now deciding how to attack this issue and would appreciate > any suggestions anyone has. I am going to be doing some of the > voltage checks from the back of the manual next week and also seeing > if I can find a 10 MHz crystal to make the signal generator to begin > that process. > Thanks in advance for any thoughts > > 72/73 > Bob, AD7BP > > "You are boldly going where no man knows what he is doing" -Maarten > Schmidt, Palomar astronomer- > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
