Hey Don and the group, My flutter problem is gone now. It was that subminiture choke. It was just bad. I shorted it out for now with another on the way. Flutter is gone. The voltage problem on the upper 15 meters was my mistake. I got a high voltage because I was at 22150. Duh, where did I get that? It was 21450, and I'm fine there! hi hi So this is what happens when you pull all nighters and rush things. But it's the way I like to do it. Anyways, the k2 is working fine and I already had a qso. Now I can start on all those option kits. Maybe I'll slow down a little. Thanks to all of you who offered to help in person and who help with advice online. This is just great. Now, time to play! 73's Roland in Stockton ----- Original Message ----- From: "W3FPR - Don Wilhelm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Roland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "elecraft" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 12:46 PM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] 15 meters high vco voltage
> Roland, > > Bands from 14 mHz and up typically have plenty of excess range - you > certainly have something wrong. > > If things seem to change on you, you can be certain you have a bad solder > connection somewhare in the VCO area. > > Concentrate on C73 - that is the only capacitor added for 15 meters, and > relay K13 which controls whether it is in or out of the circuit. > > While you are checking things, take a look at D23 through D26 - they should > be MV209 type - that is the larger of the 2 varactor types and if you look > down on the top of them they will look like a full semicircle - the 1SV149 > type is the smaller body and looks like a flattened semicircle when viewed > from the top. If the varactors are not correct, the fixed capacitors will > not provide the proper tuning range. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > > -----Original Message----- _______________________________________________ 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
