Re: [Elecraft] Spectrogram

2005-03-08 Thread Neal Campbell and Sarah Ferrell
Go to google and do a search for Spectrogram. I found the free version 
on some German site and it matches the version that is used in the 
instructions on the Elecraft web site. The new version I could not 
figure out!


73 de Neal
On Mar 8, 2005, at 9:56 PM, Ken Kirkley wrote:

Do I remember correctly that there is/was a free use version of 
Spectrogram for aligning the K2? If so, where can I download the 
program?

--
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Ken/NO4D
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Re: [Elecraft] Kdsp2 Problems

2005-03-05 Thread Neal Campbell and Sarah Ferrell

Thanks Lyle,

Its not RTC is just dashes and any AFIL setting is 'not installed' so I 
will check point 6.


I will let you know!


On Mar 4, 2005, at 11:41 PM, Lyle Johnson wrote:


Hello Neal,

 I cannot get the initializing led to flicker on my kdsp2.
 When I do the voltage checks, I really cannot make sense\
 of it, versus the schematic.
 Any clues?

Here are a couple of things to try:

1) Turn the K2 on.

2) Be sure the rtc menu item is on, per page 18 of the KDSP2 manual.

3) Turn the K2 off.

4) Turn the K2 on again, then press AFIL (hold the XFIL button rather 
than tap it).  Depending on mode, you should see CF1, CF2, or SF1, 
SF2, etc. on the display.


5) If you get the expected CFsomething, SFsomething, or RFsomething 
(depending on mode) then U1 is operating properly and the DSPx may be 
at fault.


6) If you see not inst then it means the K2 and U1 are not 
communicating. This is not a DSPx problem.  It is most likely an 
auxbus issue, and I'd carefully double check the 2N3906 location on 
the KDSP2.


Let me know...

73,

Lyle KK7P



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[Elecraft] Operator's manual?

2005-03-05 Thread Neal Campbell and Sarah Ferrell
I have seen the 'cheat sheet' that was graciously posted on the 
elecraft website but has anyone ever built an operators manual for the 
K2?


It would have the setup and operating sections of the K2, KPA100 and 
all of the modules. Today I have to look through a bunch of things 
(although its easy enough) but it would be great if there was a 
compendium!


73 de Neal

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[Elecraft] Kdsp2 Problems

2005-03-04 Thread Neal Campbell and Sarah Ferrell

Hi,

I cannot get the initializing led to flicker on my kdsp2. When I do the 
voltage checks, I really cannot make sense of it, versus the schematic.


I have double checked that the right parts are installed in the proper 
orientation, re-checked for bridges, etc. I have checked that none of 
the control board components are rubbing against it and I am currently 
blind to the problem.


The voltages on U1 are not right.
Pin 5 should be 0 and its 4.96v
Pin 14 should be 5 and its 0v
Pins 15-19 should be 0 and they are all 4.96v

I saw a post from January with these same indications but never saw an 
answer.


Any clues?

73 de Neal

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[Elecraft] KPA100 Anderson Plug Wobble

2005-02-28 Thread Neal Campbell and Sarah Ferrell
The Anderson Power plug on my KPA100 has some play in it and when it 
moves slightly, power drops. Has anyone seen this before and what can I 
do to make it stable?


Neal

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[Elecraft] KPA100 audio problem

2005-02-27 Thread Neal Campbell and Sarah Ferrell

I assembled my kpa100 during the week, what a nice experience!

The functional operation of it is fine, aligned well, tx audio is good, 
temp, etc. all fine.


The problem I am experiencing is with the audio.

If I plug the audio cable only into the k2, audio is as good as the 
original. But if I plug either the 12v line or the rf line, it sounds 
very tinny and distorted. When I  connected the speaker plug from the 
orginal k2 top and then plugged in the 12v and rf line from the kpa100, 
no audio distortion. I assumed I might have wired my speaker backwards, 
but even with both connections free from the kpa100 speaker, it 
distorts whenever I plug in the 12v and/or rf cable. So its something 
on the kpa board itself. The problem is there really is not much in 
terms of audio circuitry on the KPA.


Any ideas?

73 de Neal

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Re: [Elecraft] Looking for some help from an Elcraft builder in Massachusetts area.

2005-02-23 Thread Neal Campbell and Sarah Ferrell
Being one of those clogging the reflector recently with cries of help, 
let me put it in context.


In building the base kit I experienced only 3 problems:
I had a poor solder joint that kept me from getting the right AGC 
voltage but the troubleshooting guide led me to it almost immediately. 
The second problem was that I was getting less resistance than 
indicated when doing the RF board. It turned out that I had a solder 
connection that touched the case of one of the transistors and it 
'shorted' that path out. Took me a while to find it but it was just a 
small mistake, anyone would find it given a little time.
The third problem was that I mis-identified two diodes and 
inadvertantly swapped them. Doing a careful inventory at the beginning 
would have prevented that from happening.


The other thing I have asked for help on turned out to be me not 
following the instructions properly, forgetting to take out a capacitor 
when installing the SSB board.


So, 1 bad solder joint, 1 shorted solder joint, 1 parts 
misidentification and 1 not following instructions. Each of them was 
not hard to find and with the experts on the list, they can almost tell 
you what you've done!


Do not worry about building the kit, its really easy and turns out that 
its so much fun you want to keep building more!


73 de k3nc
On Feb 22, 2005, at 10:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Hello to everyone on the Elecraft Reflector. I subscribed to the 
Reflector
alittle over a week ago and have really enjoyed all the posts. It is 
good to
know that there are alot of really talented people out there who will 
be able to
help me if and when I get in trouble building the K2. I will be 
ordering my K2
in the next couple of days. I would be interested to know if there is 
someone
in the Massachusetts area that has a K2 that could offer some help. 
Boy some

of the problems I have been seeing are making me get second thoughts.

  Steve Terry

W1KV
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[Elecraft] KSB2 Problem

2005-02-21 Thread Neal Campbell and Sarah Ferrell

Hi all,

I am trying to install the KSBS2 into my K2.

Problem symptoms are that I get the Hi Current warning, plus I get no 
variance on my separate receiver when trying the fine balancing.


The rest of the alignment went okay, SSBA on BAL gave me good nulls 
with tweaking R1 both on USB and LSB (I just cannot hear any null with 
the receiver. I get a very strong carrier (S9+) on my separate receiver 
with SSBA at 3.


Doing the voltage checks on rx, everything looks okay with the 
exception of:

U1, pin 22 - 5.6v instead of 0.2
U2, pin 5 - 5.95v instead of 0.6
U3, pin 6 - 1.4v instead of 0
U4, pin 3 - 5.95 instead of 0.6

Since I get the hi cur warning I have not tried any tx voltage 
measurements.


I looked at the archives and saw some people put RF board Q2 in 
backwards but the 'silver' side is facing the front of the rig.


Any ideas?

N

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Re: [Elecraft] KSB2 problem status: befuddled

2005-02-21 Thread Neal Campbell and Sarah Ferrell

Hi all,

Thanks for giving some ideas!

I checked the resistors on the bottom of the ssb board, they are all 
correct. I must say that trying to identify parts on the top of the 
board is a real challenge, its so stuffed that its almost impossible!


Don, I redid the output  amperage at 10 watts:
80 - 2.68
40 - 2.72
30 - 2.28
20 - 1.96
17 - 2.42
15 - 2.50
12 - 2.24
10 - 2.16

At 10 watts on 40, the voltage on rx is 13.5 on tx its 12.9.

The group is right, I did not notice the power output on lower than 17m 
(which is 15 watts). On 15 through 10, highest output is 13.3 watts.


Do I still need to investigate the 40m current usage?

Do I need to replace the 3 resistors and jumper that I pulled out to 
eliminate the noise blanker module from the mix of things to 
investigate? I should have done one module and waited to know it worked 
before doing a second one!


Neal
On Feb 21, 2005, at 5:37 PM, W3FPR - Don Wilhelm wrote:


Neal,

There may be nothing wrong with 40 meters after all - I had missed the 
point
that you were setting the Power control to absolute max.  What is your 
power

supply voltage?  13.8 volts is typical (13.6 on the display), and lower
power supply voltages will result in increased current draw.  What is 
the

voltage when you are seeing a current of 3 amps or greater?

I don't have a straightforward answer here.  Can it be that your 
Carrier
Balance is not correctly set and you are really generating more RF 
drive

with SSB than with CW?

It is not really a fair comparison to compare current draw from band 
to band
with the Power control set all the way clockwise.  Set it to 10 watts 
and

check the current drawn for each band and both CW and SSB modes.
Actually SSB mode should draw little current without audio if the 
carrier is

balanced because there should be little or no RF output.

73,
Don W3FPR


-Original Message-
Hi Don and all,

I have spent the afternoon looking for where I could have made a
mistake on the 40m LPF circuit. I didn't find any obvious ones, the
toroids came from 'The guy de Toroids' but I counted them all anyway,
and they are (luckily!) correct. Same for capacitors. Did the run of
voltage checks and didn't notice anything really wrong.

On cw, cranking the output knob to the max, the display readings for
current are
80 3.22
40 3.36
30 2.84
20 2.38
17 3.08
15 2.84
12 2.62
10 2.42

Output reads over 15 watts in all cases, usually abt 15.2. This reads
pretty much the same with or without the SSB module installed.

I take it from your comments that the fact that 40m is the highest cw
reading, its indicative of something wrong. Looked at LPF and BPF
areas. What should I expect on the amp readings, 2.35 on 40 and a
gradual increase as I go towards 10m?

I could reinstall the resistors and jumper and take out the noise
blanker module as thats something put in yesterday, I take it that I
need to do that if I want to test without it?

I have boosted cal cur to 4.0 and still can get hi cur signal with
output fully counterclockwise on both usb and lsb. I have been very
happy working cw all week as it is (set the cal cur to 3.5 and it
hasn't tripped yet).

Any more ideas to look at?


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[Elecraft] K2 #4490 lives

2005-02-15 Thread Neal Campbell and Sarah Ferrell

Second qso with HZ1EX on second call!

I am so excited to see this amazing little box go live!

Thanks so much to the reflector for help around the rough bits. Also 
thanks to Scott for continuing to send me the parts I lost!


73 de Neal

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[Elecraft] K2 TX alignment problems continue

2005-02-13 Thread Neal Campbell and Sarah Ferrell

Hi all,

The symptom of my problem is:
1. when setting k2 power to 5 watts, I get a reading of 2.2 amps with 
abt 0.8v drop
2. when looking at power output with an external wattmeter, 5 watts 
reflecting on the external wattmeter shows as 3.8 on the k2. Similarly, 
10 watts on external wattmeter is reading 6.9 on the k2 at an 2.8 amps. 
Cranking the rf power all the way clockwise shows 15 watts on k2 and hi 
pwr message (cal curr set to 3.25) and external wattmeter shows 19 
watts.


I examined T2 and had it too tight to the RF board so have re-installed 
with gap. Part 2 alignment works perfectly, part 3 resistance checks 
okay.


I do not have a signal generator that can do 0.14vrms so have not done 
those receiver checks.


In performing the transmit mixer, buffer, etc, tests, the readings do 
not look right at all.

Xmit mixer output (pin 4 at U10) reads 0.
Buffer output (pin 6 U9) reads 0.05
Band-pass Filter Output (W6) reads 0.014
T-R switch #1 Output reads 0.012.

Any clues or things to test?

Neal

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Re: [Elecraft] K2 TX alignment problems continue

2005-02-13 Thread Neal Campbell and Sarah Ferrell
The good news is that I did a diode dance, had the rf probe diode in 
D9, had the real d9 substituted for a 4148 and a 4148 in the rf probe.


Will swap them around and redo the tests!

Neal

On Feb 13, 2005, at 6:00 PM, Vic Rosenthal wrote:


Neal Campbell and Sarah Ferrell wrote:


The symptom of my problem is:
1. when setting k2 power to 5 watts, I get a reading of 2.2 amps with 
abt 0.8v drop
2. when looking at power output with an external wattmeter, 5 watts 
reflecting on the external wattmeter shows as 3.8 on the k2. 
Similarly, 10 watts on external wattmeter is reading 6.9 on the k2 at 
an 2.8 amps. Cranking the rf power all the way clockwise shows 15 
watts on k2 and hi pwr message (cal curr set to 3.25) and external 
wattmeter shows 19 watts.


The RF detector seems to be reading low.  Check the RF detector 
components on the RF board: R66, R67, R68, R69, D9.  Make sure the 
resistors are the correct values and the diode is the correct type.


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73,
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Re: [Elecraft] K2 TX alignment problems continue

2005-02-13 Thread Neal Campbell and Sarah Ferrell
I have retested and the output as shown on the k2 tracks more closely 
with the watt meter. On 40m with the k2 showing 10 watts, I am seeing 
2.6 amps.


When I push it to the maximum, it shows between 14 and 16 watts 
depending on the band.


I have set cal cur to 3.25amps. When I crank it to full output, after 
abt 10 seconds I see the mpu reset (drops out of xmit and the elecraft 
name appears in the lcd). Is this a sign of trouble or some safety 
logic to keep it out of 'full carrier' mode for long?


I have aligned all the bands per the procedure and it acted normally 
(peaking a decent amount based on the can/capacitor.


73 Neal
On Feb 13, 2005, at 9:07 PM, Neal Campbell and Sarah Ferrell wrote:

The good news is that I did a diode dance, had the rf probe diode in 
D9, had the real d9 substituted for a 4148 and a 4148 in the rf probe.


Will swap them around and redo the tests!

Neal

On Feb 13, 2005, at 6:00 PM, Vic Rosenthal wrote:


Neal Campbell and Sarah Ferrell wrote:


The symptom of my problem is:
1. when setting k2 power to 5 watts, I get a reading of 2.2 amps 
with abt 0.8v drop
2. when looking at power output with an external wattmeter, 5 watts 
reflecting on the external wattmeter shows as 3.8 on the k2. 
Similarly, 10 watts on external wattmeter is reading 6.9 on the k2 
at an 2.8 amps. Cranking the rf power all the way clockwise shows 15 
watts on k2 and hi pwr message (cal curr set to 3.25) and external 
wattmeter shows 19 watts.


The RF detector seems to be reading low.  Check the RF detector 
components on the RF board: R66, R67, R68, R69, D9.  Make sure the 
resistors are the correct values and the diode is the correct type.


--
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
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[Elecraft] K2 40m Tx current drain

2005-02-07 Thread Neal Campbell and Sarah Ferrell

I am just at the 40m L1/2 alignment for my K2.

On rx with the lcd set at nite, I show 13.6v @ .18a.

Using an external analog wattmeter into a dummy load, I measure at 5 
watts 12.9v and 1.8a. Also, the display shows the power output at 3.5w 
instead of 5. When I tune the power output control so the external 
wattmeter shows 2 watts, the power display says 1.5 watts.


Is this a sign of trouble? Why would there be a difference between the 
external wattmeter and the power display on the k2?


73 Neal

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[Elecraft] Proper resistance for Q7 collector

2005-02-02 Thread Neal Campbell and Sarah Ferrell
I am progressing through debugging the bad resistance reading between 
ground and the collector of Q7 on the RF board. I have it up to 900 
ohms now. The manual says '500' is a passing resistance. What is 
'normal'? Is 900 ohms a sign that all is well?


73 de Neal

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[Elecraft] SO2R setup

2005-02-02 Thread Neal Campbell and Sarah Ferrell
Its an obvious direction that 2 K2s (KK4?) would be a great, 
desktop-friendly SO2R setup. Anyone with recommendations on the best 
way to do this (or to simulate the 2 RX/1TX capability of the 7800, 
Orion, FTDX9000)?


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Re: [Elecraft] Proper resistance for Q7 collector

2005-02-02 Thread Neal Campbell and Sarah Ferrell
Well, just in case anyone searching the archives for hints on a similar 
situation, I had a solder bridge on the top of the RF board between the 
case of Q5 and the lead from R44 that fed from the bottom, just 
impossible to see without magnification, etc.  Probably no one will 
make the same mistake but just in case, thats what caused this one.


Neal
On Feb 2, 2005, at 10:30 AM, W3FPR - Don Wilhelm wrote:


Neal,

The exact reading depends on your particular DMM.  The only real way 
to tell
is to use your DMM on another K2 and compare (or find someone else 
using the

same DMM).
With my K2, I read about 600 ohms when I first apply the test leads and
climbs to about 1000 ohms after a time - then reversing the probes, the
reading starts out at 600 ohms again and climbs to about 3K ohms after 
a

time.

If you remove the control board, you should see a more steady reading 
- in
my case about 1k with the probes in one direction and about 3K in the 
other.
With the control board installed, the readings vary as above largely 
due to

C28 charging through R16.

Actually, your 900 ohm reading may be just fine, but be aware that it 
will

be meter dependent.

73,
Don W3FPR


-Original Message-

I am progressing through debugging the bad resistance reading between
ground and the collector of Q7 on the RF board. I have it up to 900
ohms now. The manual says '500' is a passing resistance. What is
'normal'? Is 900 ohms a sign that all is well?

73 de Neal

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[Elecraft] Help with K2 Q7 collector resistance test

2005-02-01 Thread Neal Campbell and Sarah Ferrell

Hi all,

I have been through the archives so I know this has been asked and 
answered a few times but I still am not making much progress on this.


The problem is that my resistance test for Q7 collecter is not correct. 
With the common probe on ground and the positive probe of my DVM 
measuring resistance, its abt 280 ohms. If I reverse the leads, its 
around 408 ohms. All other measurements seem okay.


I have the heat sinks unscrewed and point in the air, not touching 
anything. I have remove T4 (as it looked like it could be a source of 
problems) and the measurements are not changing. I have magnifying 
glass inspected things, blown the top and bottom of rf board with 
compressed air, etc with no real movement.


Prior to the alignment in part two, the resistance reading on the 12v 
line was 788. I did not realize that the polarity of the DVMs could 
change the reading so I have no idea if I had the common probe grounded 
or vice versa. The alignment and test of the part 2 instructions went 
as expected.



Any ideas to unblock me?

Thanks es 73
Neal

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[Elecraft] AGC Threshold question - K2

2005-01-03 Thread Neal Campbell and Sarah Ferrell

Hi,

I am just at the first alignment and test stage of my K2. Everything 
checked out just fine except the step where I am to adjust R1 on the 
control board for 3.80 v on pin 5 of U2. The highest I can get the 
voltage to go is 3.38v. Is this something to worry about? If so, any 
clues?


Thanks
Neal - k3nc

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[Elecraft] Best wishes

2004-12-24 Thread Neal Campbell and Sarah Ferrell
My best wishes to everyone on the reflector. I started building my K2 a 
month ago and it reminds me of the days when almost everyone had build 
their equipment and every ham was a mentor. Over the years I have 
enjoyed the increased access that the internet gave us but got a little 
jaded when seeing how some of us behave (myself included). This 
reflector is the only one I read where every email is positive and 
helpful, and no one is arguing against something.


Just wanted you to know that I think everyone here is very special and 
represents the attitude that brought me into the hobby 32 years ago!


Not at the stage yet where I have done more than continuity tests and 
ask the nice people at Elecraft for help in replacing parts I have lost 
yet, but am sure when I run into problems I can count on everyone to 
help!


Best wishes for the new year
Neal - k3nc

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