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Good Evening,
Another week has soggily passed here in the Coast Range of Oregon. The daffodils have yet to bloom but are starting to gain color in their buds. The loggers are starting to build roads and I have seen a few insects flitting about. Hopefully we will not get another freeze or snow storm to kill the insects or the daffodils. After last year's late freeze I did not have that many bloom. But this year there are far more stalks so the energy went into splitting instead of blooming. Pat would be very happy indeed! Twenty meters was very nice at 1600z early in the week and 40 meters was fairly good when I tried it at 0200z later in the week. I hope these fine conditions hold for tomorrow's nets. Tom, N0SS, will not be available to act as NCS from the center of the continent so you'll have to do your best to toss your signal way over to the coast where I am sitting. If anyone else can help you are more than welcome to assist. If I ask you please do not feel shy; it is not that tough to call folks who are more than willing to meet you halfway. Now that the sun is coming back northward we will have longer openings on 20 meters. Then, later, we'll have openings on 40 which will allow folks on the East Coast to work across the continent without a relay. Someday, hopefully not that far in the future, the sunspots will increase. Enjoy 40 and 80 meters while you can because the summer thunderstorms will start their spate of QRN. Lately they've been great fun but soon we'll have our ears full of crashing static. However, many parts of the parched Midwest sorely need the rain. We can just as soon work each other at different times allowing farmers their rain and cattle their forage. Tomorrow: 1) Call by geographic area (East, All) 2) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 3) NCS help (as well as QSP/QNP <relay> help) Please join us: Sunday 2300z (Sunday 4 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday 0200z (Sunday 7 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Kevin. KD5ONS _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Just started on my K2, SN#6048...and am new at this process.
I seem to have smoked the resistor r20 in the control board, as I installed it...a 2.7 ohm (Red-Violet-Gold) resistor which now reads .001 on the DMM....(I think too much heat for too long as I attempted to reposition it after it slid away from the board a bit.) I planned on getting a replacement locally...but am uncertain if it's a 1/4 watt or 1/2 watt...and the parts list doesn't indicate...but a 1/2 watt one looks too large. So...any suggestions? David King KE7EKA _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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David,
Most all the resistors in the K2 (including R20) are 1/4 watt. The only 1/2 watt resistors on the RF Board are R50 and R58. To the best of my knowledge, all resistors shown in the schematic that are NOT 1/4 watt are designated with the power rating. In most cases, a 1/2 watt can be used as a replacement for a 1/4 watt resistor, but the problem is in the physical mounting space - if you can get it to fit all will be well. 73, Don W3FPR [hidden email] wrote: > Just started on my K2, SN#6048...and am new at this process. > > I seem to have smoked the resistor r20 in the control board, as I installed > it...a 2.7 ohm (Red-Violet-Gold) resistor which now reads .001 on the > DMM....(I > think too much heat for too long as I attempted to reposition it after > it slid > away from the board a bit.) > > I planned on getting a replacement locally...but am uncertain if it's a > 1/4 watt > or 1/2 watt...and the parts list doesn't indicate...but a 1/2 watt one > looks too > large. > > So...any suggestions? > > David King > KE7EKA Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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