[Elecraft] K2 strange problem

2006-05-10 Thread K8bvj
Anyone have this experience. I went to turn on the rig to make a few QSOs. It came on as usual but only stayed on for 5 sec. then cut off. I let it sit for a min and turned it back on and samething. I thought perhaps my astron supply was at fault but voltages are perfect ..I switched over to

[Elecraft] K2 - Strange Problem !!

2005-05-05 Thread Stewart Baker
Just when you think you have seen everything, something comes along and bites you in the b*m. Having completed yet another mod to my K2, I put it back into it's rightful place on the operating desk, connected the KAT100/KPA100, PSU, desk microphone, computer leads, and then switched on. The

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - Strange Problem ?

2004-12-19 Thread Bill Coleman
On Nov 30, 2004, at 1:24 AM, Stewart Baker wrote: t is a shame that there is no way to get at the +8V rail on the front panel board as that would be an ideal mic supply. I brought the +8V rail from the RF board up to a two-pin jumper. I then plug this in to once side of the Mic jumper

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - Strange Problem ?

2004-12-01 Thread Stewart Baker
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 15:45:37 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 30/11/04 16:46:51 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That's what I was doing, however, because anything capacitive slows the rise of the 5A rail, and hence the correct MCU initialisation, I was chasing my

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - Strange Problem ?

2004-11-30 Thread Andy Pevy
Hi Stewart Try Rather than directly connecting the decoupling cap to the 5v supply, try feeding it via a 100 ohm (or so) resistor. at 1ma you will only drop .1 v but you have created a low pass filter for the noise. Rgds Andy Pevy G4XYW A future K2 owner (when the company bonus

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - Strange Problem ?

2004-11-30 Thread Stewart Baker
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 08:47:38 GMT, Stewart Baker wrote: On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 07:59:31 +, Andy Pevy wrote: Hi Stewart Try Rather than directly connecting the decoupling cap to the 5v supply, try feeding it via a 100 ohm (or so) resistor. at 1ma you will only drop .1 v but you have created a

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - Strange Problem ?

2004-11-30 Thread Mike S
At 01:24 AM 11/30/2004, Stewart Baker wrote... problem, but I am back with the noise. It is a shame that there is no way to get at the +8V rail on the front panel board as that would be an ideal mic supply. The Auxbus connection between the RF board and front panel is unused. You could cut the

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - Strange Problem ?

2004-11-30 Thread Stewart Baker
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 07:18:23 -0500, Mike S wrote: At 01:24 AM 11/30/2004, Stewart Baker wrote... problem, but I am back with the noise. It is a shame that there is no way to get at the +8V rail on the front panel board as that would be an ideal mic supply. The Auxbus connection between the

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - Strange Problem ?

2004-11-30 Thread Vic Rosenthal
Stewart Baker wrote: The amplifier only draws about 1mA, however because of noise on the 5A line, mainly from the LED bar graph I have had to heavily decouple the pre-amp supply to stop the noise from being superimposed on my speech. What I think is happening is that this decoupling is

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - Strange Problem ?

2004-11-30 Thread Stewart Baker
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 08:01:25 -0800, Vic Rosenthal wrote: Stewart Baker wrote: The amplifier only draws about 1mA, however because of noise on the 5A line, mainly from the LED bar graph I have had to heavily decouple the pre-amp supply to stop the noise from being superimposed on my speech.

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - Strange Problem ?

2004-11-30 Thread G3VVT
In a message dated 30/11/04 16:46:51 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That's what I was doing, however, because anything capacitive slows the rise of the 5A rail, and hence the correct MCU initialisation, I was chasing my tail. This is a problem I have come across before

[Elecraft] K2 - Strange Problem ?

2004-11-29 Thread Stewart Baker
I think that I have found the problem, but have yet to work out a solution. To combat the lack of TX audio system gain I have a 1 transistor pre-amp mounted on the microphone header plug on the front panel board. This gives about 9dB of gain which provides sufficient audio for the compressor IC

[Elecraft] K2 - Strange problem ?

2004-11-28 Thread Stewart Baker
I am wondering if any other K2 user has experienced the following. NO receive when NOT on transmit. VERY occasionally I get the my K2 stuck on what seems to be transmit. If I press the MODE button to select the VOX function the display shows SPCH 0.2 then returns to the frequency display

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - Strange problem ?

2004-11-28 Thread W3FPR - Don Wilhelm
PROTECTED] To: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 5:43 AM Subject: [Elecraft] K2 - Strange problem ? I am wondering if any other K2 user has experienced the following. NO receive when NOT on transmit. VERY occasionally I get the my K2 stuck on what seems

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - Strange problem ?

2004-11-28 Thread Brian Mury
On Sun, 2004-28-11 at 10:43 +, Stewart Baker wrote: If I press the MODE button to select the VOX function the display shows SPCH 0.2 then returns to the frequency display with the mode (U or L) flashing. With no microphone connected and the POWER control fully ACW their is no received