They sure are fun. I've had a couple but this is the 1st I've built. Thanks again. Joe
PS just had my first QSO with it, and it was on 20m. Mike Morrow <[email protected]> wrote: >> I reflowed the solder on K3, l11 and l12 on the 40/20 board >> and I now have 20 meters! >> >> So I need to look carefully at the 30/17 board now. > >Good progress, Joe. > >At least you didn't fall into the trap of thinking that when the filter board >coils had been peaked for receive that there was no need to again adjust them >during transmitter alignment. That was a common error in the K1 early days, >especially if the builder had used (unnecessarily IMO) Spectrogram to align >the receiver...that seemed to create a reluctance to alter the coil >adjustments during the transmitter alignment. The result then was always >similar...no transmitter output. > >I love my 12-year-old K1 sn 175. I've had it on 15m for several weeks >continuously, with only 15 feet of hook-up wire as an indoor antenna (receive >only). It still fascinates me to hear JAs and ZLs on the K1 at mid-night >local cdt. > >Mike / KK5F > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
