Thanks Don, I had a MAR6 in stock and installed it after breakfast. There is now a noticeable change in RX noise with the noise bridge turned on, but nowhere near what is needed, so I’ll order a Q3.
73, Mark K2QO FN03ra > On Sep 18, 2020, at 12:23 AM, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mark, > > Replacing those components will normally restore receive. > > 73 > Don W3FPR > > On 9/17/2020 8:57 PM, k2qo wrote: >> During the recent September VHF contest I could only hear the absolute >> strongest local stations on the XV222/K3 in my rover. It worked FB in June. >> My XV432 worked just OK as usual. Stations told me I was the loudest signal >> on the 222 band so the TX side is fine. >> I put it on the bench and connected my Elecraft N-Gen. When turned on I >> could barely detect an increase in noise. Tried the same on my XV432 and it >> went from S0/1 to a solid S9. >> I'm guessing that I somehow blew up U1 (an ERA6) and/or Q3 (an ATF 34143). I >> don't have a good scope, RF generator, or RF voltmeter but kinda think >> replacing both will fix my XV. A bad relay is an option too. ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
