Thanks All that helped out ... I appreciate the assist! I heard back from Tech support and they agreed that it is probably a bad 20M crystal, so they are sending me a new one. After hearing that from them I wondered what would happen if I replaced the 20M with the unused 17M crystal, so I swapped em out and it now works on all 4 bands!!!!!!!! so it WAS the problem. So now I just have to wait for the new Crystal and then I can finish off the kit. I am one happy camper... This calls for a nice glass ( or 2) of some of Merlot
I hope this will help others in the future that may have the same experience. 73's Rich, AB6TY Paso Robles, CA K1 # 2500 -------------------------------------------------------------- > So far I have been able to get 40, 30 and 15 working ok but I do not > hear any signals on 20M. I went through all of the test points of the > Cheap & Dirty Signal Tracing list. all points seemed to work except > points 4, 5, & 6 on the list, > > *4) *Filt Board, junction C11/C12, output of Band 1 RF BPF. > > *5)* Filt Board, C13, inter-stage coupling RF BPF. > > *6)* Filt Board, junction C14/C15, input to Band1 RF BPF. > > I was able to hear a jump in signal noise on all of the other points. > So I guess there is a problem in the Pre-Mixer area for 20M. I went > through and removed any excess solder and reheated each joint for all > of the components. and I removed the Xtal to make sure there was not a > solder to ground problem under the can and then resoldered the xtal > back on the PCB. > > I was able to hear signals on 15M , and had QSO's on 30 & 40. > > Could it be a bad Xtal , relay switch. or C3 or C4 variable Caps??? > > Rich, AB6TY Rich Smith wrote: > > Well. I just tested my 4-band K1, s/n 2500 on 30M and received a nice > signal > report. :-) > > :-( But, I am having a problem with 20Meters. I am not able to hear a > signal at all on that band. I did the ""Cheap and Dirty Signal Tracing > for > the K1" having success with all of the test points except for numbers 4, > 5, > & 6 which tells me that the problem must be in the KFL1-4 Premix Band-Pass > Filter section. Anyone have an idea on what to try next to find the > problem?? > > Thanks > > Richard, AB6TY > Paso Robles, CA > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > 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 > > :-):-) -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/K1--2500-QRV...-almost...-tp15124274p15150918.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
