You must have the K1 receiver alignment in the "ball park" before you align the transmitter. I found that I had to use quite a bit of signal to align the receiver. In fact I used a turn of wire around a dummy load on another transmitter set at 5 watts to find the peak and eventually got the transmitter down to about 100mW when I was satisfied with the receiver alignment on each band. I then did the transmitter alignment. As power is measured after the bandpass filters you need to get them close, this also means if off very far you will get very low power out.
If things change when you "tap" parts you should check ALL solder connections again under a magnifying glass. That is a sign of a lose or un-soldered component. If you have an older K1, they had a problem with the trimming capacitors needing "set" in that the electrical contact was not up to par - so turn them around about ten to twenty times. The newer K1's do not have this problem - but it won't hurt to turn them anyway. Some people could not align them at all until they turned them 20 or so turns. Rich, KE0X _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] 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
