Depending on the antenna you are using Jeremy, it may be very very sensitive to static.IF your antenna has a dc (rf choke) to a good dc ground, that is also tied to the house power ground,the sensitivity will be lessened a lot. Without that.. a lightening strike 30 miles away can pop the finals... or a wind derived static, from a 25pmh breeze on a dipole. (voice of experience here) And.. I keep a complete set of the final replacement kit on hand all the time.
Have a great day, --... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy > Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 17:47:06 -0800 > From: jjones9...@gmail.com > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 Won't power on > > Q7 and Q8 both read 12.3 ohms from collector to ground. > > The symptoms definitely resemble blown finals, as I experienced the same > thing when I was building the kit, including the over current tripping the > resettable fuse. I just didn't expect that from a receive only condition. > > Jeremy > VA3ZTF > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K2-Won-t-power-on-tp7584083p7584087.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
