Folks, After thinking about this voltmeter 'adjustment' a bit more, I discovered I had erred. The value of R10 should be INCREASED to make the reading higher. Sorry - I guess I had a 'senior moment' and got my head turned around wrong.
73, Don W3FPR > -----Original Message----- > > Jean-Francois, > > You certainly could do that - it should not alter any other > function that I > am aware of. The current display can be trimmed by changing Control Board > R7. > > R10 and R7 are 1% resistors, and that provides repeaability from one K2 to > another - one could hand-pick from 5% resistors just as well. > I personally would be concerned about leaving a trimmeer in place > because of > the possibility of the setting being changed, but certainly using > a trimmer > to determine the exact value required would be an easy method. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > Hi Don, > > > > You said : "By lowering the value of R10 ..." Could I just put a > > trimmer near that value instead of R10 and tune the trimmer so that > > the voltage displayed match more closer the real external voltage ??? > > > > And could I do limilar thing with the current display ??? > > > > I don't want to be more catholic than the Pope, but is it possible to > > do those mods ??? > > > > Best 73 from a junior ;-) > > > > Le 05-07-23 à 18:56, W3FPR - Don Wilhelm a écrit : > > > > > Steve, > > > > > > Although some have been confused by the readings at first, I don't > > > see any > > > advantage in modifying the internal voltmeter to read the external > > > supply > > > voltage - what it reads is the actual voltage the K2 is operating > > > at - but > > > if changing it is your choice, by all means do it - it should be a > > > simple > > > task of padding R10 (or lowering its value a bit). > > > > > > ====== > > > > Jean-François Ménard / VA2VYZ > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.4/57 - Release Date: 7/22/2005 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
