[Elecraft] K2-10 problems

Hello Hello I have just finished building a K2-10 and am having a bit of a problem getting it to work. The control board and front panel work fine, but the RF board just doesn't seem to be there. I can change all the bands,Go through all the menus, go to the freaquendcy counter, volt meter,and

[Elecraft] K2 F/S

F/S K2 with the following opions and their prices new. K2 S/N 6640 $689.95 KPA100 100 watt amp 399.95 KBT2 SSB 109.95 KBT2 battery in qrp lid 79.95 Kat100-1 ATU 239.95 MH2 Mic 59.95 Nifty mini manual 22.25

[Elecraft] K2 troubles

Hello I had to replace diodes d16 and d17 on my K2 100 watt amp. When putting it back together I was distracted, and reversed the leads on P6 aux rf and P3 aux 12 volt leads. I've been told that bad things happen when you do that. So the rig will not power up with the amp installed. but with it

[Elecraft] K2/100 power output

Hello My K2/100 just recently started going to 100 watts output as soon as I set the output to 11 watts or greater. I disconnected the amp, and am back to the qrp version and everything works fine. So I asume the problem is with the amp. Am I correct? Thanks Scott N5SM

[Elecraft] K3

Hello Does anyone know if there is a list of all the K3 error messages and what they mean on the Elecraft website? I haven't been able to find it if there is one. I've found out from working with Gary that if the K3 has a problem, it will tell you what the problem is if you will just listen to it!

[Elecraft] K3 problems

Hello When I put my K3/10/kit together it would not receive or transmit. Working with Gary at Elecraft we decided that the synthesizer board was bad. They sent me a new one and now I have receive and the K3 wattmeter shows full output in cw mode, but my external wattmeter shows very little output.

[Elecraft] calibrating K3

Hello I'm calibration my K3 and at the stage of calibration the wattmeter. When holding tune I get no power output at all regardless of what the power output is set at. Has anyone else had this problem and if so what did you do about it? Thanks Scott N5SM

[Elecraft] K3

Hello It's me again. As you can tell, I'm in over my head with the K3. Can you turn off the receiver input and tramsmitter output with a menu item? If so how do you turn it back on? I have receiver noise, but no receive signals and the transmitter keys in cw mode and have side tone but no power

[Elecraft] Calibrating K3

Hello Does anyone know of a simple way to calibrate a K3? I have been messing with mine for two days and getting absolutely now where. I did manage to get FL1 set to 400, but that was purely by accident. Have been trying to get FL2 set to 2.70 all day and just can't seem to get it done. 73 Scott

[Elecraft] K3 arrival

Hello Well K3 s/n 1802 arrived this afternoon,ordered June 8th, so guess what I will be doing this weekend! 73 Scott N5SM ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr.

[Elecraft] K3 power cord

Hello I'm beginning to prepare for the assembly of my K3 when it arrives in a few days. Does Elecraft supply a power cord with it? I can't find anything about that in the assembly manual or the operating manual. Scott N5SM ___ Elecraft mailing list Post

[Elecraft] k3 shipment

Well my K3 was shipped today, but according to ups it is going to an address that doesn't exist. The box could have the right address on it and ups just made the mistake when they sent me the notification that it is being shipped. Or it could end up at who knows where? Who knows? I'm beginning

[Elecraft] K2 KSB2

Hello I just finished building the ksb2 ssb adapter for my k2 and am having a problem with it. It will not key the k2 in ssb mode. All the test and alignment went as they should, and the voltages on all components are what they should be except for one. On U1 the voltage on pin 21 is 1.2 volts

[Elecraft] K3/100 kit

I have an assembled K3/100 ordered, but have been thinking that I could save almost enough money to also get the ATU if I ordered the kit instead. My problem is that I have no test equipment except a DMM. Can someone tell me what is required in the way of test equipment to align and test the

[Elecraft] K2 problems

Hello I'm assembling my second K2 and am having a bit of a problem. I am more of an operator than techniciation. Everything went good up until the second test. At that point my BFO wasn't working. While trying to find out why it wasn't working, I did something that made the frequency counter and

[Elecraft] K2 problems

Hi I'm building a K2 and had a problem with not being able to adjust L30, which I got corrected with Don's help. So all test and alignment procedures have gone as they were supposed to up until the BFO test. I get no frequency reading on TP2, and have no audio from the receiver. I've re-soldered

[Elecraft] K2 reference oscillator test

Hi I am building my second K2 and have a problem, which is no supprise, considering my age (74) and lack of eyesight! I'm doing the PLL reference oscillator range test. Alignment test part 2. When I tap band plus I get a reading of 12099.53 mhz, but when I tap band minus, nothing changes, even if

[Elecraft] K2 solenoidal chokes

Hi I'm building my second K2 and have a question that I hope someone can help me with. I was missing some parts and ask the parts dept. to send them to me. Four of them were RFC-4, RFC-5, RFC-8, and RFC-9, all solelnoidal chokes on the RF board. The manual calls for them to have green bodies. The

[Elecraft] K3

Hi Well I moved everyone that ordered their K3 after August 27 up a notch. I canceled my order. Did I hear anyone say thank you? Scott N5SM ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list.

[Elecraft] Modular K3

Hello If a person purchased the modular K3 basic kit, with the intention of adding options later, what would be involved in the installation and alignment of these options. Do they come factory aligned, and if not what kind of equipment would I need to get it working within factory specs? Thanks

[Elecraft] crimp uhf connectors

Hi I have a (bad?) habit of re-using uhf connectors on different length of coax when needed. How would you un-crimp a uhf connector? Just though I would ask! Scott N5SM ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a

[Elecraft] K2 and CW

Hello I haven't had my K2 (# 5846 ) long enought to fully understand all the different settings that are possible with it , so I have a question. My CW filter setting are FL-1 1.50, FL-2 0.70, FL-3 0.40, and FL-4 is 0.10. Even FL-4 is no where near as effective as the 250 hz crystal filter in my

[Elecraft] K2 messages

Hello Recently I have started getting two different messages when changing bands on my k2 # 5846. One is fase, and the other is slo. I have never gotten these before, until after I did a little adjusting on my SSB adapter. I can't find anything about them in the manual. Anyone have any idea what I

[Elecraft] W1

Hi I've been thinking about buy an Elecraft W-1 watt meter and was wondering if someone who has one could tell me something about it. For instance, is it accruate, does it work as described, and what do you think of it. Also what type of display do you get when hooked up with a computer? Any

[Elecraft] k2 # 5846 and KPA100

Hi Well,I had some trouble with my k2 because of a solder bridge that smoked some components. I just got through building the KPA100 and it works perfectly. Not one glitch and it has full output on all bands. So maybe 73 isn't too old to be doing this after all! 73 Scott N5SM

[Elecraft] grounding K2

HI All the other HF radios that I have had over the years have had grounding posts on them. My K2 doesn't. Should it not be grounded? Seems to me it would be a lot less likely to have RF in the shack if it was grounded, but where would it be attached? Is anyone grounding theirs and if so where are

[Elecraft] KPA100 C31

I am in the process of building the KPA100 and see that there has been some talk about changing C-31 to a .22uf capacitor instead of the .033 capacitor. Was wondering if I should do this? Thanks Scott N5SM ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to:

[Elecraft] KPA100

If I add the KPA100 to my K2 and decide I want to operate qrp, is there a way to bypass the kpa100, or do you just turn down the power knob? It will be a long time before I fully understand the K2. Thanks Scott N5SM K2 #5846 ___ Elecraft mailing list

[Elecraft] wire antennas

Hi This is a little off topic, but I don't know of a better place to find someone that would know the answer to my question. Many years ago I used one coax to feed three different inverted V antennas all for different bands. At the time I thought they worked just fine. Worked all kinds of dx with

[Elecraft] component names

Hi I had the same problem with my K2 as Tom KG3V did with his speaker wire. Only my mistake was with the volt meter probe. I was plugging it into P6 on the wrong board. Why would Elecraft put connectors with the same number on several different boards. I don't think they would run out of numbers

[Elecraft] K2 remote

Hi I have been looking at installing K2 Remote to use with my K2, but don't know if it is really worth the effort. What, if anything, can you do with it that you can't do with the controls on the front of the K2? The description mentions logging, but I can't believe that it is automaticly

[Elecraft] K2 Items for sale

Hi I have for sale a noise blanker, serial port, and SSB adapter for the K2. All are new and completely assemblied, but never tested, with manuals. I also have a toasted K2 for sale. The K2 worked fine for three days on both receive and transmit. Then a solder bridge showed up on connector J7

[Elecraft] K2

Hi I have for sale a noise blanker, serial port, and SSB adapter for the K2. All are new and completely assemblied, but never tested, with manuals. I also have a toasted K2 for sale. The K2 worked fine for three days on both receive and transmit. Then a solder bridge showed up on connector J7

[Elecraft] K2 for sale

Hi I have for sale a noise blanker, serial port, and SSB adapter for the K2. All are new and completely assemblied, but never tested, with manuals. I also have a toasted K2 for sale. The K2 worked fine for three days on both receive and transmit. Then a solder bridge showed up on connector J7

[Elecraft] K2 control board

Hi I've been trouble shooting the control board and front panel of my K2 # 5846. I see an empty place for capicator C44 below the left end of U6, the microprocessor. This capicator is not mentioned anywhere in the instructions on the control board and is not in the inventroy for the control

[Elecraft] CW nets

Hi Could some tell me the time and frequency of the Elecraft cw nets? Thanks Scott N5SM ___ 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.):

[Elecraft] IC sockets

Due to a solder bridge on pins 2 and 3 of P2 on the control board of my K2, I let the smoke out of U6, U7, and U8. U6 is mounted in an IC socket. Is there any reason other than the cost, for not putting U7 and U8 in sockets when I replace them? Thanks Scott N5SM

[Elecraft] K2 Mic

I see a lot of discussion on the reflector about microphones for the K2. I have the sideband adapter for my K2, but haven't built it yet. Since I actually use a mic about once every five to ten years, I hesitate to spend a lot of money for one. I have two extra Icom mics. Will they work ok with

[Elecraft] FW:

Original Message 1 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] net Subject: K2 problems Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 21:46:02 -0600 Hi I finished assembling K2 # 5846 a few days ago and have a problem that I need some help on. After finishing the initial alignment I could hear signals on

[Elecraft] K2 display

Hi While waiting for the replacement of inductor L5 on the RF board, I decided to try the alignment and test part II up to where it would be efected by the missing inductor. When starting I found that the frequency counter had stopped working. It was working fine up until that point. I took the

[Elecraft] K2 dummy load

Hi Recently I noticed a posting from someone wanting a light weight portable dummy load for their K2, or any qrp rig. I just ran across two such dummy loads in my junk box that we used to make in the old Heathkit days. It consists of two 100 ohm 10 watt resistors mounted on a receptical to match

[Elecraft] K2 voltmeter

Hi K2 #5846 Well here I go showing my ignorance again! I'm trouble shooting the volt meter in my K2. It works fine on reading internal voltage, but doesn't work at all on external voltage. Have re-soldered all the joints on the control board and check R9 which is connected to pin 2 of P7 and to

[Elecraft] K2 problems

Hi Well I have K2 #5846 with all components in the enclosure, but it's not doing what I hoped for. Have been trying to align it and this is what I am getting. 80 meters no receive or output. 40 meters 20 watts out and no receive. 30 meters 10 watts out and very weak receive. 20 meters 1 watt out

[Elecraft] K2 rf board capicator C75

Hi Can someone with a K2 tell me the kind and value of capacitor C75 on the RF board. All it says about it in my manual is that it is supplied with the K160RX package, but there are three capicators in that package they are of two different values. Thanks Scott N5SM

[Elecraft] 4 mhz oscillator calibration

Hey When calibrating the 4 mhz oscillator on my K2 I get a frequency reading of 12098.77 instead of the 12090 khz. This is with both the internal frequency counter and a calibrated frequeny counter. They both show the same frequency. Does this mean the frequency is off too far and I need to start

[Elecraft] Turner hand mike

Hey Can anyone tell me if a Turner 350 hand mic will work with a K2, before I got to the trouble of wiring it. Thanks Scott N5SM ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info

[Elecraft] K2 Problem

Hi Well, I have a problem with my K2, but don't know if it is worth trouble shooting. In the first initial test the VFO works fine on all the bands. All the relays click when checking them as per the manual. When tapping the display button it changes to the volt meter, but it doesn't read

[Elecraft] K2 parts Un-identified object

Help! In my sealed package of parts for the RF probe there is a component that doesn't appear to be part of the probe, but I could be mistaken. It appears to be yellow and is on leads like a small resistor. The print on it is so small that I have trouble reading it even with a powerful, lighted

[Elecraft] building K2

Hi Sure is nice when the initial test goes exactly as it is supposed to. 73 Scott N5SM ___ 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.):

[Elecraft] k2 antenna connector

Hi Has anyone ever changed the antenna connector on the K2 to a SO239 instead of the bnc connector? I'm just beginning assembly of the RF board and not far enough along to see what the antenna connector setup is going to look like. Sure would rather have the SO239 if it's not a big deal to

[Elecraft] Component ID

HI I am inventorying my k2 kit and have a question. On the control board I should have a LM380N-8 audio amp. I don't have that, but do have a 25LC320/1fv0526. They are probably the same, but would rather be sure than sorry! Thanks Scott N5SM ___

[Elecraft] K2

Well, I finally bit the bullet and ordered a K2. Will be my largest project since the Heathkit SB104A thirty years ago. Is there any surprises that I should watch out for? Thanks Scott N5SM ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net

[Elecraft] K2 Modifications

I ordered my K2 before I joined this forum, and now that I did, I am thinking maybe I shouldn't have ordered it. It hasn't been delivered yet. Is everyone having trouble with them as it sounds on this froum? Why is it necessary for all the modifications that are being done to them? What's all