Paul, That is in fact perfectly normal. The reason is that the AGC and RF Gain control are using the same voltage to control the gain, and the S-meter responds to that voltage. You will do the initial S-meter adjustment during your Part II alignment.
73, Don W3FPR Paul Huff wrote: > I have completed part II of the assembly of my K2 and I am about to move on > to > part III (alignment and testing of the 4 MHz oscillator, VCO, BFO, etc.). > Everything has gone well up to this point but I did notice something that > seems > a little bit unusual. Is it normal for my bargraph to light up it's segments > from minimum to maximum as I turn the RF gain control from maximum to > minimum? > At the same time the hiss in my earphone drops to nothing. No antenna is > currently connected to the radio. > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
