Re: [Elecraft] K2 - 20M dead

2013-09-30 Thread Don Wilhelm
Mike, It is highly unusual to have a transmit problem on 20 and still have transmit on 30 meters - those two bands share both the bandpass filter and the low pass filter. The fact that you have HiCur messages should point the finger at the Low Pass Filter. Are you certain it is receiving

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - 20M dead

2013-09-30 Thread Mike Murray
Don, Thanks for the quick reply and troubleshooting suggestions! I do have the KPA100 and KAT100 installed so here's what I did: 1. Rechecked 17, 20 and 30M and only 20 was still dead on transmit. 2. Opened the K2 up, checked VFO freq and it was OK (4915). Receive also OK on 20. 3. Removed

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - 20M dead

2013-09-30 Thread Don Wilhelm
Mike, Glad to hear that it is now working - but I don't like things that just go away That sounds like something got temporarily stuck - which usually turns out to be an unsoldered connection. I might also suspect a relay contact somewhere. The relays have wiping contacts, so a few

[Elecraft] K2 - 20M dead

2013-09-29 Thread Mike Murray
I thought I'd give a RTTY contest a try this weekend so I dove in. Found out after switching to 15M that I had my filters wrong so had to stop, open up the rig and reset. Everything seemed to be OK after that until I tried transmitting on 20M - dead as a doornail! Receives on 20 just fine,