Re: [Elecraft] K2 + K160RX

2010-09-15 Thread Don Wilhelm
Geo, It is likely something that "just happened" and is unrelated to the K160RX installation. However, is there any way that you can describe "distorted". I can think of many ways that a CW note would sound distorted, but a bit more information might be helpful to narrow the field of candida

[Elecraft] K2 + K160RX

2010-09-15 Thread W2bpi1
Built and installed the 160 kit in my K2 (6911) today. After alignment it works good on all bands transmitting on CW. But on all bands receiving cw the cw tone is distorted! What could I have done? I removed the K160RX and cw sigs still distorted. Geo/W2BPI _

RE: [Elecraft] K2 - K160RX Alignment

2006-07-30 Thread Don Wilhelm
Mark, You are correct that you overlooked something. The Errata sheet! If you read it, it will tell you that there is no need to perform CAL PLL on 160 meters. It used to be that CAL PLL was done on each band (like when the K160RX manual was last updated), but it disappeared long ago. CAL PLL n

[Elecraft] K2 - K160RX Alignment

2006-07-30 Thread Mark RAYBOULD
K2 #5565, KAT2, KAF2, and just added K160RX. Page 9 of K160RX Manual - 3rd action fails with an error of INFO232 - 'CAL PLL on wrong band', even though I re-checked that VFO displays 1800.10 as directed. I also checked these actions against my other K2 #5459 with the same result. I must have