Re: [Elecraft] [K2] SSB Failure

2011-03-28 Thread Don Wilhelm
Tom, My first suspicion is that the ALC is continually building as you speak. You should be able to confirm that by switching the LED bargraph display to indicate ALC - if the ALC meter does decrease between voice peaks, but slowly builds up, you should see it on the bargraph. A bad solder

Re: [Elecraft] [K2] SSB Failure

2011-03-28 Thread Bill
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of W4CU Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 8:56 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] [K2] SSB Failure I bought a used K2/100, at the end of last year. (Serial 5540 - K2 MCU 2.04P, K2 IOC 1.09, KSB2 1.08, KPA100 1.10). I mostly use

[Elecraft] [K2] SSB Failure

2011-03-28 Thread W4CU
I bought a used K2/100, at the end of last year. (Serial 5540 - K2 MCU 2.04P, K2 IOC 1.09, KSB2 1.08, KPA100 1.10). I mostly use CW but do need SSB at times. SSB had been working fine but recently RF output starts out fine - folks reply to my calls - but it then fades out to zero after a