[Elecraft] [K2] Birdie's in K2 VFO???

2009-03-19 Thread Mike-WE0H
Anyone else notice a birdie when the display is tuned upward from xx.11 to xx.12mc??? It is the transition from any megahertz dot 11 to dot 12. It throws out a loud birdie every time at any MC interval. Does that make sense? I am on 30 meters right now. The display shows 10114.11 then I tune

Re: [Elecraft] [K2] Birdie's in K2 VFO???

2009-03-19 Thread Don Wilhelm
Mike, If you can describe that more as a click rather than a birdie, I can offer a solution - run CAL PLL again - be certain the 4 MHz oscillator is set first and the bottom cover is in place. You also may want to re-flow the soldering on RF Board U4 before doing the CAL PLL. With the

Re: [Elecraft] [K2] Birdie's in K2 VFO???..Click sound...

2009-03-19 Thread Mike-WE0H
Yes a click is a better description. It is very consistent. The soldering is excellent on this radio. Flowed through both sides on everything. I used good equipment and a grounded blue mat bench top. No static issues. I will do that CAL PLL again. The VFO cal is real close to WWV on 10mc and