Curt wrote: >I'm wondering if the trouble with your K1 on 20M is the 22 mHz >premixer crystal is bad.
That's exactly what I was thinking, and was wondering why in the scores of earlier replies there had been no suggestion of this. The RF probe won't solve this very likely cause! Jon, see if you can find a local ham who has a receiver that can copy 22.000 MHz and get your K1 next to that receiver. When 20m is selected on your K1, you should be able to hear the 20m filter board heterodyne crystal signal strongly in the other receiver if a piece of wire laying near your filter board is input to the other receiver's antenna connection. The signal should likely be found around 21.995 to 22.005 MHz. If you hear nothing, then the crystal is not working. If this is not possible, get Elecraft to send another 22 MHz crystal and swap it in (easter-egg it). Elecraft support is, in fact, of the highest order and not matched by many other ham radio merchants. The K1 is a fantastic little rig...my favorite QRP rig of all time. I would have suggested buying the four-band filter board instead of the two-band, because not only does it double the bands but it does so with much sharper RF filtering than is found in the two-band board. At least you'll be able to upgrade later when you find out what a gem the K1 is, and maybe re-build your two-band board for bands the four-band board doesn't cover. 73, Mike / KK5F _______________________________________________ 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
