Re: [Elecraft] K1 Filter Board Issue

2016-12-08 Thread Don Wilhelm
Jeremy, Yes, an RF probe would be useful to evaluate the health of the crystal for 40 meters. Since those crystals are reliable, I suspect that you have a problem with the Pre-Mixer Bandpass Filter. You need to have at least 200mV peak to peak signal (70 mV measured with an RF Probe) to prov

[Elecraft] K1 Filter Board Issue

2016-12-08 Thread Jeremy Klotz
Hello, I recently finished the receiver portion of my K1 (40m/20m). I successfully aligned the 20m filters, but on 40m there is very little noise, and the noise does not change when there is an antenna connected. However, I have received some very nice signals on 20m. I have inspected the

[Elecraft] [K1} Filter Board Issue/ Rapid pulse receiver noise

2013-01-19 Thread Paul Kirley
Check to be sure that you have set the correct 30-meter band edge (10.0 or 10.1, depending on your chosen VFO range). See the manual's instructions for setting the Bx parameters. Some years ago I had a problem similar to your first one. It turned out to be a defective pair of relay contacts on m

[Elecraft] [K1} Filter Board Issue/ Rapid pulse receiver noise

2013-01-18 Thread Quinton Gleason
I have a K1 with the 4 band filter board (40,30,20,15). I recently removed this board and tested a two filter board (80,17) that had come with this radio. The second board worked fine but the problem I have is that when I replaced the original filter board and reconfigured the band settings, som