[Elecraft] [K2] POWER control has no effect on actual transmit power

2012-10-27 Thread Ben Byer
I've had fun putting together K2 #7373, and am finally at the point of doing the 40-Meter Transmitter Alignment (manual, p.78). I have the unit connected to a 50-ohm dummy load, and am trying to tune L1 and L2 to show 2W on the internal wattmeter. When I press TUNE, the measured power ranges

Re: [Elecraft] [K2] POWER control has no effect on actual transmit power

2012-10-27 Thread Ben Byer
On Oct 27, 2012, at 6:23 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: >> On 10/27/2012 7:44 PM, Ben Byer wrote: >> I've had fun putting together K2 #7373, and am finally at the point of doing >> the 40-Meter Transmitter Alignment (manual, p.78). I have the unit >> connected to a 50-

Re: [Elecraft] [K2] POWER control has no effect on actual transmit power

2012-10-28 Thread Ben Byer
On Oct 28, 2012, at 5:51 AM, Mike K8CN wrote: > It sounds like re-heating of the solder connections on both sides of C121 is > in order. The fact that your RF voltage on terminal 3 of T1 has the proper > ratio to that on terminal 1 implies that T1's solder joints are OK. The > absence of RF on