Re: [Elecraft] K2 - Strange, self-recovering problem

2011-06-18 Thread Don Wilhelm
Stan, That certainly sounds like RF was floating around in the shack and doing strange things. OCF dipoles are famous for creating common mode current on the shield of the feedline (even with a balun at the feedpoint). I would suggest adding an in-line choke at the point where the feedline

[Elecraft] K2 - Strange, self-recovering problem

2011-06-18 Thread stan levandowski
My friend Tony W1ZMB just finished building his K2 this week and asked me to visit him and try it out yesterday. He did a great job and it works great. However, a strange thing happened two times during a CW QSO I made at 5 watts using his perfectly matched OCF dipole on 20 Meters. He has t