I recently completed K2 Serial No. 5711 and I can testify from first hand experience that assembly is fun, but that trouble shooting is where you really learn how it works. I've resolved a few initial problems on my own, but now I have a persistent problem with SSB which I have been unable to solve by myself.
The symptom is as follows: Monitoring the K2 output with my other radio, an Icom 706, I have a good signal on CW, but no output on SSB, either voice or PSK31. For trouble shooting, I first went over all the boards, with particular attention to the torroid leads on T1 and T2, plus the diodes, per an earlier posting by Wayne. When everything checked out there, I followed the procedure recommended in Don Wilhelm's posting of 11 Jun 2006. First, I used my scope and verified that I had a good good BFO signal to U5 pin 6. Then I set up my audio signal generator for about 50 mV peak-to-peak at about 1,000 Hz and fed it into the mike connector pins 1 and 7 (which I had wired for a Radio Shack mike with AF to Pin 1, PTT to Pin 2, and 7 and 8 to ground). When I used my scope to trace the AF signal, I started with the K2 powered down. I found that I had a strong AF signal all the way to Pin 4 of U3. However, when I powered up the K2, I lost all AF at Pin 4 of U3. Working backwards, I found that I had AF as far as the junction of C32 and C33, but no further. It's as though Pin 4 of U3 is going to ground when the unit powers up. It behaves the same way with PTT open or closed. Can any shed some light on possible causes that I might investigate further? Thanks in advance, Treat Hull VA3IMO _______________________________________________ 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
