Re: [Elecraft] K1 - High current drain on power on

2009-01-20 Thread Don Wilhelm
Ian, Check and re-check T4 to be certain the windings are not interchanged. Secondly, check to see if the High Current condition occurs on all bands. If it is only on one band, the suspect the Low Pass Filter for that band. Check the base DC voltage of Q7 during transmit. If it is other than

[Elecraft] K1 - High current drain on power on

2009-01-20 Thread Ian Nightingale
Hello everyone, I'm sorry to trouble you with something which you've probably had posted a thousand times. I'm very new to the hobby and am struggling to get the K1 to work. Symptom: Up power on the current drain is high (as much as I would allow the bench supply to give). This is with just the