[Elecraft] K2 CW FIL2 problem

2007-01-17 Thread Donald Currier
Hi Guys, I've recently developed a problem in #5885. If I select XFIL2 in CW mode, the signal becomes very muffled, and unclear. I used spectrogram to check my filter setup, and the signal doesn't look clean in spectrogram either. Only XFIL2 in CW is affected. CW reversed is fine, and the

[Elecraft] #5885 up and running!!!

2007-01-09 Thread Donald Currier
My K2/100 (serial #5885), KSB2, K160RX, KNB2, KDSP2 is up and running, putting out 100+ watts (if called on to do so) on all bands. Great fun building, learning while building, and now, using! Thanks to all on the board who were kind enough to answer my questions. Vy 73 to all Don W0DJC ___

[Elecraft] KPA initial voltage checks

2006-12-30 Thread Donald Currier
Hi Guys, I seem to have K2 #5885 perking along quite well. I also installed the NB, DSP, SSB board and 160 board. With those behind me, I'm on to the KPA 100. On my initial voltage checks, page 25 of the manual, I'm getting some bad readings. Test PointReading

[Elecraft] K2 SCK Voltage

2006-12-28 Thread Donald Currier
Hello All, I have been performing the voltage checks on #5885 K2, and I am getting 5 volts on SCK. Manual calls for 0 volts. I searched for other notes on SCK voltage, and have found that some other builders ran across the same problem, but I can't find where anyone wrote about what might

[Elecraft] K2 receiver "hash" or "artifacts"

2006-12-27 Thread Donald Currier
Hello All, New to the list, as I just completed #5885. With the exception of a couple of wrong turns, the build went great. My radio was completed about 1 week ago, and I recently noticed that I have some "hash", or "artifacts" on receive on specific frequency's. I.E., I don't have hash a