I contacted Elecraft parts who sent me two 22MHZ xtals right away
Plugged one into the KFL1-4.
All is now right with the world.
Thanks guys.
There is just something perfect about the K1
on a whole bunch of levels. I enjoyed building it.
I like operating it. I really like the keyer.
I even
Sounds like a bad 20 meter crystal to me.
73,
Don W3FPR
-Original Message-
I attached a cliplead to the antenna jack of my station receiver and
dropped a
loop of it inside of my K1. I could hear local oscillators at
40 meters15.003
30 meters17.997
20 metersnothing
Mike,
I did the same test for oscillation from each crystal some time back
but double checked them again after reading
your posting. Same results as I had in the past. I hear a faint
signal for the 20 meter crystal. I'd say maybe about
1/4 the audio heard from this 20 meter crystal compared to
I contacted the fellow from Kodiak who said replacing the 22MHz xtal
fixed his problem. I also heard from another ham who said that
Elecraft received some bad 22MHz xtals from a vendor and many
of them failed in K1s.
I sent a note to Elecraft to order a new 22MHZ xtal
Ill let the list know when
Very interesting Greg,
I can hear some signal on 20 but weak.
Sounds like we have identical problems,
I wonder what could have caused 20 to go out?
The K1 was on the shelf for a couple of months and was
working fine when I put it up. I dont think I did
anything dumb to cause it to stop
I attached a cliplead to the antenna jack of my station receiver and
dropped a
loop of it inside of my K1. I could hear local oscillators at
40 meters15.003
30 meters17.997
20 metersnothing heard at 22 mhz
17 meters26.048
so I pulled out the 22 mhz xtal from the KFL1-4 board
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