Juste to be sure, i'm talking about Q7 on the rf board. Sorry for that Sylvain ve2ssl Le mardi 20 septembre 2005 à 16:42 -0400, W3FPR - Don Wilhelm a écrit : > Sylvain, > > I doubt that the high receive current is due to that incorrect resistance > reading. > > One of the possible causes for a high receive current is if 8T is on during > receive - measure the voltage on Control Board Q1 collector, it should be > zero or very close to that during receive. > > Check the orientation of diodes D6 and D7 - the easiest way to check diode > orientation is to compare with the parts placement diagram in the back of > the manual. > > You may want to check to see if any resistors are getting quite warm - that > will indicate what circuit is drawing too much current. > > If it is like the one with similar symptoms that I repaired Friday, RF Board > R49 was getting hot due to a leaky collector to base junction in Q5 - but > your problem may be quite different. > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > I'm finishing my K2 and I did the resistance checks. I have 2.27K ohms > > result on the Q7 base instead of 2.5K-3.0K ohms. Because of the minim > > difference I run the k2 with this failded test and I have 520 ma > > reading. > > > > Any one have an Idea? > > > > Thanks > > > > Sylvain VE2SSL > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.3/106 - Release Date: 9/19/2005 >
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