All, I breathed life into K2/10 #7372 (love that serial number) last night. This is going to be fun little radio despite being a 15-year-old design!
I noticed one thing that I wanted to ask the assembled experts here: When peaking the TX BPF capacitors, there was a perceptible and easily-found peak; but, if I got off the peak too far, the transmitter power would increase rapidly to >10 watts as I tuned in the wrong direction. This must be normal or expected? I did not monitor the transmitter spectrum while doing this, so I don't know if it's a loud spur that's normally suppressed or an amplifier somewhere is conditionally-stable? Secondly, and perhaps most importantly since the radio appears to be stable in the face of the previous question, any suggestions for a side carrying strap? In the archives, it appears that the IC-706 handle was popular. What about the handle for the FT-450? (I have to place an order with Vertex Standard for some small parts for a Yaesu HT and it would be nice to make the order worth their while by ordering a handle at the same time.) Thanks/73, --Ethan, K8GU/3. [obligatory (e) brag line: K3/100 #6714 - K2/10 #7372] -- http://www.k8gu.com/ Repair. Re-use. Re-purpose. Recycle. ______________________________________________________________ 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
