On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 21:33:17 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I e-mail Gary at Elecraft (3:01pm) > Get a reply from Gary (4:33pm) > > He gave me a PAGE worth of "might be"... one being to check RCF15. He > said if it was open it can cause all sorts of odd problems. > > Well, it WAS open... I must have bent the leads to much or heated it > too much, or whatever. Anyway, I bridged across it momentarily to see > what effect it would have. > Guess what? ALL VCO voltages were well within limits...including 10m > high freq. Without even touching L30. So, I ordered a new choke and > thanked Gary for a quick and accurate response.
Glad that with Gary's help you found the problem. A search of the reflector shows that there is a high incidence of RFC15 going open circuit. It is such a fragile device (probably too fragile), and I believe that Elecraft should change it for one that is more robust. When assembling my K2, knowing this to be a potential problem, I took particular care in soldering the RFC, only to find that it too had gone open circuit. 73 Stewart G3RXQ _______________________________________________ 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
