Well that did it! I verified that I put C6 in the wrong two holes, corrected it, and now I'm getting good power out on 40m! Thanks Don! I'm still seeing only .3-.4 watts on 12m and 10m, but I realize I'm getting ahead of myself. Should I just proceed through the alignment until I get to 12m and 10m, or should I continue looking for another fault?
-- [email protected] (Owen B. Mehegan) 'This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.' --William Shakespeare On Oct 6, 2010, at 5:05 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > Owen, > > I will have to take some of the blame about the wording in the > manual errata sheet. I had though specifying the outer holes of the > set of three was sufficient - but I was apparently thinking only of > a "set" in mathematical language terms (I am certain any > mathematician would select the right holes from that statement), so > Ron got approval and made the errata item that reads like yours. > After hearing about several builders who still were having trouble, > we decided to change the errata again to state explicitly that the > middle hole of the 3 should be empty (or some wording to that > effect). We hope this wording clears up the confusion once and for > all. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 10/6/2010 5:31 PM, Owen B. Mehegan wrote: >> Ah, so you did, Don. My mistake for not taking heed, I would have >> pressed on with the signal tracing. However, while sitting here at >> work >> and pondering the problem, I just re-read your message below for >> the 3rd >> or 4th time, and something clicked: AHA! I _did_ put C6 in the wrong >> holes!! When I realized you were specifically referring to a strip >> of 3 >> holes it jogged my memory. There's even an errata about this, which I >> dutifully added to the manual, but it still confused me. The errata >> says: >> >> Add to the end of the step, "Use the outer of the three holes, not >> the >> two holes closest to the left edge of the pc board." >> >> Somehow I just interpreted that as "use the two holes closest to the >> right edge." Since I'm at work at the K2 is at home, I thought I >> would >> have to wait to confirm my mistake, but I remembered that I sent some >> friends a picture of the board when I finished it. I just pulled it >> up >> in my email, and I can clearly see that C6 is in the wrong holes! >> >> I'll correct this tonight and see what that gets me. Thanks Don! >> > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
