Thank you, Don. What does drastically mean in this context?
> On Feb 27, 2016, at 11:59 AM, Don Wilhelm <w3...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > > Mark, > > You are effectively reading the voltage drop across D16. > That 600mV drop across D16 will not drastically affect the operation of the > K1. > If you would like a bit higher voltage on the PA transistor, you can increase > the voltage of your power supply a bit (the K1 upper voltage spec is 15 > volts). If you are running on batteries, it will make a little difference. > If you would like a lower voltage drop across D16, replace it with a 95SQ015 > which is available from Elecraft as p/n E560009 (it is used in the K2 as the > series reverse voltage protection diode. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > >> On 2/27/2016 2:32 PM, Mark Petrovic wrote: >> I'm performing the DC voltage checks (page 30 of the instructions), which >> occur immediately after installing the power switch on the RF board. >> >> P1 pin 16 is supposed to be supply minus 300mV, but I get 600mV. Is this a >> cause for concern? > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
