Brian, Do you have a BNC cable between the QRP antenna jack (or ANT1 of the KAT2) and the RF in jack of the KAT100? That is where the RF must flow - RF does not flow on any of the lines in the AUX I/O cable.
73, Don W3FPR On 3/28/2011 8:28 AM, Brian Pepperdine wrote: > On the weekend, I picked up a nice K2 set - a K2 with internal tuner and > battery, plus the remoting of the > KAT100 and KPA100 built into an EC2 enclosure. > > All set up for QRP in field/portabl/patio or full 100 watts in the shack. > > > > But an odd thing... this all came from a very reliable ham (a techical guy of > long standing circa. 1957 onward) and it was > built according to the KK7P web page guidelines, with a printout of Lyle's > pages on this from the web site. > > It does NOT hear RF signals when in the paired mode with amp/tuner connected. > I have it set up as per the photos.. with DB9 cable between the I/O Aux jacks > on the PA/KAT and the base K2, and antenna attaches to ANT 1 UHF jack on the > PA/KAT box. > > I hear RF fine if I put the antenna line on the basic K2 BNC Antenna 1 jack, > but nothing heard in the full setup. > > I read the pages.. it seems the K2 is to have the tuner set at CAL from what > I read, but whether in CAL or in Auto.. I still get nothing heard. > > I am assuming the RF somehow, somewhere passes from the K2 to the PA/KAT via > this IO Aux line? > > Any ideas...? > > I figured it would be all ready to go.. sort of direct from his shack table > onto mine, but something seems amiss. > > tnx > Brien > VE3VAW > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
