I'm glad to hear everything went well with your build. I'm almost ready to
start winding the toroids. I've had a little practice since I built the SSB
board last weekend while waiting for a part to come from Elecraft. Those guys
are great for getting things to you fast. Those toroids are pretty close to
the crystals on the SSB board and I'll probably put some electrical tape
between them just to make sure they don't touch. I work mostly CW so getting
the SSB board in there right away isn't a priority for me but, it is nice to
have because, I do like to work SSB too.
Gary, N7HTS
On Wed, 23 May 2007 11:25:38 -0400
Greg Derda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Gary,
Yep, the SSB board had to go in as part of my basic build, because I am a
no-code General ;-). I really, really want to learn code and experience that
world. My build went very well until right at the last moment - all of a
sudden my receiver was greatly attenuated. With the help of a fellow
Elecrafter (a builder for hire that was guiding me via email), we determined
that the very last thing I did, which was to install the two very tiny
toroids, was the culprit. Mine were touching the crystal cans, and simply
moving them away a hair fixed everything.
Also, I did the N-Gen/Spectrogram alignment, but everything was so close to
being right using the default settings in the manual that I don't think I'd
recognized the difference.
73,
Greg
ki4mmm
On May 23, 2007, at 10:44 AM, Gary D Krause wrote:
Congratulations Greg! I'm working on #6113. It sounds like you have
installed the SSB board as well. I also have the SSB board to install
but, I think I will wait to see how it works on CW first after I have
finished the rig. Have fun and I hope to work you on the air!
Gary, N7HTS
On Wed, 23 May 2007 09:47:43 -0400
Greg Derda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
My XYL wasn't quite as excited about this as I had hoped, so I've got
to tell someone .... ;-)
I wired my TenTec 701, and the mic header, last night, and made my
first contacts with K2 #6100. The first, from my QTH in North
Georgia, was using 8w on 10m, to Pennsylvania - the band was up and
down and we each exchanged only 5-3 reports. The second was much
more exciting, and marks (to me) the point at which I consider the
radio "complete." I used 8w to break into a small DX pileup on 20m,
and Carlos (I can't think of his call), in Costa Rica, gave me a 5-7
report, and voluntarily added that I had "great audio"! My antenna
was a 125' doublet at 50', fed with 600-ohm open feed and an
MFJ-949E.
Although I plan to add a KPA100 and KDSP2 next, I have decided that I
don't need to be in a hurry. I am looking forward to learning what
all I can do with this radio on low power, and the received signals
are so strong that noise is not an issue at this time - What's
amazing is that I find myself using the Attenuator regularly!!
Thanks to all for the great replies to my earlier newbie questions!!
73,
Greg
KI4MMM
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