Jason, The K2 specification for drift is less than 100 Hz from a cold start at 25 degC. 50 Hz is well within that specification.
I would suggest you do the dial calibration procedure after the K2 has warmed up. I highly recommend the procedure on my website www.w3fpr.com - article on K2 Dial Calibration. I would suggest a 15 minute warm-up period is about right. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/27/2011 4:10 PM, Jason Morgan wrote: > Hello everyone... I know that this has been kicked around on the reflector > quite a bit but it is new to me and trying to read through all of the > information is a daunting task. > > I just finished building my k2/100 in November. I have not noticed this > problem before but I have not had the opportunity to use is that much either. > > Today when talking to a friend on 7.219.00MHz LSB I noticed that he began to > drift off freq. Because he was mobile I did not think that much about it. > As we continued our conversation I found that when I turned on the RIT and > listened on 7.218.95 he sounded "on freq" again. When I questioned him about > it he told me that he thought I was off freq as well. I turned off the RIT > and tuned to 7.218.95 and he told me that I was right on freq again. The > drift was obvious and stopped exactly .05 down from where we started. I > switched radios and we continued our conversation on 7.219.00. When I turned > the K2 back on and transmitted with it the exact same thing happened as > before. As the radio warmed up it drifted down .05. > > Any help you can offer would be appreciated. > > 73 > K4SHP > ______________________________________________________________ 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
