Greetings Elecrafters. I have acquired a used K2, SN389, with the SSB option and internal battery pack. It is my first experience with the K2, and I have to say I am quite impressed with this little radio. I've been using it nightly for a few weeks to clunk out some slow CW, and have been enjoying it very much. Made my first really-DX contacts, Tonga and New Zealand on a couple of good 20m openings!
However, I'm sure that this used radio has had a lot of miles put on it, what with the low serial number. So I'm not too surprised to find some issues. Thus beginneth my request for help. I was gone over the holiday and so I left the radio disconnected from the antenna and power. Yesterday I returned from the holiday, connected the antenna, and started seeking contacts. My attic antennas are connected to an MFJ-949E versatuner, which has a power meter. I normally see 10-12 W forward power and <1w reflected on my 20m dipole. For some reason, I suddenly have less than 1W now. This is the case on all bands, and differing antennas. I checked cables, swapped cables, tried the radio on the dummy load in the versatuner, and tested it on different power output settings from 1w to 15w. Since I didn't build this radio, I'm madly reading over the manual to try to figure out where there are fuses or calibration steps, but I thought I'd also post this question to the list. Any comments would be welcome. Thanks --Ron KC0TLN _______________________________________________ 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
