RE: [Elecraft] K2 Was Fine Now Dead?

2007-05-25 Thread Allan Bacon
voltage from showing up? 3. Or - What Allan Bacon W6GBG -Original Message- From: Don Wilhelm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 9:27 PM To: Allan Bacon Cc: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 Was Fine Now Dead? Allan, Was that J5, the 3 pin connector

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Was Fine Now Dead?

2007-05-25 Thread Don Wilhelm
Alan, You are reading the schematic correctly - yes there should be a connection between the cathode of D10 and the anode of D9 (check to be certain they are connected with an ohmmeter first). If you find the path open, you could install a TEMPORARY jumper between D10 cathode and D9 anode

RE: [Elecraft] K2 Was Fine Now Dead - getting interestring?

2007-05-25 Thread Allan Bacon
, 2007 10:40 AM To: Allan Bacon Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 Was Fine Now Dead? Alan, You are reading the schematic correctly - yes there should be a connection between the cathode of D10 and the anode of D9 (check to be certain they are connected

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Was Fine Now Dead - getting interestring?

2007-05-25 Thread Don Wilhelm
Allan, Fine that you found it - somewhere along the line, the base K2 was drawing excessive current and the trace acted like a fuse. I can't say what the original problem was - maybe the power connector was plugged in backwards, or something 'dumb' like that. In any case, it is a simple

[Elecraft] K2 Was Fine Now Dead?

2007-05-24 Thread Allan Bacon
K2 4670 with 100W and all options was working fine. Per the recommendation of Microham, I added a speaker jack from J5 to a stereo plug on the back of the case and now the unit will not power up on the KPA-100 When I plug in power to the low power jack, the unit is OK, but will not go to

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Was Fine Now Dead?

2007-05-24 Thread Don Wilhelm
Allan, Was that J5, the 3 pin connector point (no header is normally installed there) on the RF Board near the front center (near the control board)? If you did everything correctly, it should have no effect on the K2 power-up condition. If you wired to some other place than the 3 pin J5,

RE: [Elecraft] K2 Was Fine Now Dead?

2007-05-24 Thread Allan Bacon
24, 2007 9:27 PM To: Allan Bacon Cc: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 Was Fine Now Dead? Allan, Was that J5, the 3 pin connector point (no header is normally installed there) on the RF Board near the front center (near the control board)? If you did everything correctly