Re: [Elecraft] NG0R - K2 160m alignment problem.

2009-03-05 Thread John Hoaglun
Don and the members of the list, I am still troubleshooting the alignment issue. I am better now than I was a couple of days ago. Don and I have been comparing notes. I have removed the ATU from the circuit and tried some other things. After some poking around with the RF probe I have confirmed

Re: [Elecraft] NG0R - K2 160m alignment problem.

2009-03-03 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
John Hoaglun wrote: > > I am assuming that LO P is a status that is read from the RF Product > Detector circuit at the output the of low pass filter rail. There is only an envelope detector there, but I would have thought, if you have the KAT2, that it was the forward power from the SWR bridge.

Re: [Elecraft] NG0R - K2 160m alignment problem.

2009-03-03 Thread John Hoaglun
...@hoaglun.com Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] NG0R - K2 160m alignment problem. John, There may be no problem - set the power to something grater than 2 watts. With the KAT2 installed, the K2 automatically limits the power to 2 watts for tuning. If your power setting is a

Re: [Elecraft] NG0R - K2 160m alignment problem.

2009-03-02 Thread Don Wilhelm
John, There may be no problem - set the power to something grater than 2 watts. With the KAT2 installed, the K2 automatically limits the power to 2 watts for tuning. If your power setting is a bit below that, the LO PWR message may result. 73, Don W3FPR John Hoaglun wrote: > I am having a p

[Elecraft] NG0R - K2 160m alignment problem.

2009-03-02 Thread John Hoaglun
I am having a problem with the 160m alignment. When I power up the radio I do not get any error messages. If I test the receive antenna via the menu I can hear the K2 relay open and close as expected. When I disable the ATU with the CALP/CALS setting and then try to engage the radio via the Tune