Re: [Elecraft] K1-4 Low power output only on 15 meters.

2013-06-12 Thread Mike Morrow
Jim / W1FMR wrote: The 26.050 crystal was replaced with the kit supplied 29.000 MHz crystal for 15m and the K1 realigned on all bands. All seemed to go well with the receive and transmit alignment with the power level set to 2 watts per the manual. However now the power will not go above 2

Re: [Elecraft] K1-4 Low power output only on 15 meters.

2013-06-12 Thread Hjalmar Duklæt
Hi Jim. I've had the same problem with my K1. It turned out to be a bad crystal, so my suggestion is to get another crystal for the 15m band. 73 de Hal la4xx On 13-06-12, Jimithy66 jimith...@gmail.com wrote: My K1 was a wonderful radio on all bands 40 - 17m. However 17m saw very little use

Re: [Elecraft] K1-4 Low power output only on 15 meters.

2013-06-12 Thread Don Wilhelm
Jim, Either you have a weak 15 meter crystal, or the bandpass filters are not properly peaked on 15 meters. Do you have an RF Probe or a 'scope? If so, measure the RF voltage at P1 pin 6 on the 4 band board. It should be greater than 70 mV rms or 200 mV peak to peak. You can do a

[Elecraft] K1-4 Low power output only on 15 meters.

2013-06-11 Thread Jimithy66
My K1 was a wonderful radio on all bands 40 - 17m. However 17m saw very little use and 15m was desired.. The 26.050 crystal was replaced with the kit supplied 29.000 MHz crystal for 15m and the K1 realigned on all bands. All seemed to go well with the receive and transmit alignment with the