Joseph, I finished my K1 a few weeks ago, and I'm still tinkering with it.
I installed the default capacitor for the 80 KHz VFO tuning range - and I'm glad I did! In my particular instance, I ended up with about 100KHz of range. I was actually thinking of installing a different value to reduce the range somewhat. The advantage to this is less KHz per rotation of the tuning knob. I'm used to the K2, and other radios that have a much slower tuning rate. Many others have commented previously that the extended tuning range has benefits that outweigh the fast tuning that comes from a 150KHz range. I don't disagree with them, however, since most of the action takes place in a narrow (and getting narrower!) range, I believe that 80 KHz is more than adequate. FYI - When building was finished the K1 tuned from about 6.800 to 7.080 on 40 meters. The other bands were similar in the tuning range below the bottom band edges. This was fine with me, but I changed it anyway to do away with the out of band coverage at the bottom end. This was a simple matter of squeezing the turns together a bit on the big yellow VFO inductor. I didn't even need to remove the nylon bolt and washer. Just nudge the windings a bit and check the tuning range. Tweak as needed to end up with a slightly higher bottom end tuning range value. WORKED GREAT! I would suggest that you just do what the manual says and see how it works for a few weeks before any additional adjustments or mods are made. Carl Strode WA7CS _______________________________________________ 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
