>> I can't believe that the bands are as dead as I perceive them to be ...
I just finished Part 2 of my K2 assembly. Everything looks fine - calibration went smoothly. I threw together a temporary 1/2 wave dipole that I have lying on the floor. I kind of expected to hear more activity on 40 meters. I haven't heard anything outside of Florida (I haven't tried it at night yet). Guess I need to start working on that outside antenna now. Kevin N8IQ/4 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Kantarjiev Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 1:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] KX1 receive problems? I passed my 5WPM test on Saturday (yay!) so I'm trying to get my new-to-me KX1 (s/n 1049) on the air. I bought it from the original constructor, and I thought it had been used to make QSOs, but ... I found the ATU in 'cal' mode, which makes me suspicious (that took me a little while to figure out). I'm using a doublet made from 24g zip cord (it's what I had handy): 24 feet split and 40 feet non-split as feedline (based on an idea from Bob NW8L). The ATU will now tune it to 1.0; that's great. Unfortunately, I can't hear anything except band swish and the occasional motorboat. I can tune WWV dead on 10.000 but can only barely make out the rhythmic beat of the seconds as they go by - the voices are never intelligible, in fact, barely audible. (Hmm. Is that even right? This is in 'normal' CW mode, which I understand to have a built in receive offset?) I can't believe that the bands are as dead as I perceive them to be, so I'm going to go through the receiver alignment again. Any other suggestions of what to look for while I've got it open on the bench? I have a synthesized RF generator and will try using that. Would someone be so kind as to tell me what 'S9+20dB' is in units that my generator understands (uV), to adjust the S-meter? Thanks! 73 de chris K6DBG/AG _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
