Elecraft K2 S/n 01432...The Saga Continues...

[Andy Cunningham-2]

Guy's...

Here we are again...hours after my last post to the group...!  Well.. would
just like to say a BIG "Thankyou" to all of
you who replied to my previous e-mail...regarding the screws n things, that
"seemed" to be fitted in the wrong orientation,..
on my "Baby" K2 here...

I took the advice on-board ...changed the screws around (..think it would be
180 degrees..!) and things in that department
turned out fine...I managed to "mate" ALL 3 boards together, to continue
with the alignment process from Page 57 onwards in the manual...

Here's the story so far...!

Have done all of the above...and was just about to go ahead and try the rest
of the alignment, when I thought..."...wait a minute...the rig should turn
on now..as before ..and "if" I don't hear anything... well...it SHOULD turn
on though.." ..RIGHT..??

Well...unfortunatley for me... I can't seem to get her to "turn on" (...he
says...smilin to himself...with a cough..!)...I've put all the relevant side
panels, front panel etc onto the rig,..plugged the rig into my 30 AMP shack
PSU as before...

Pressed the "ON" Switch...waited for the EEPROM to do it's thing...
NOTHIN..!!!

No Display...
No Rig "Noise"...
No Frequency Display ...

I CAN hear the relays click as I press the "ON" switch....there does'nt seem
to be any "burning" smell or "smoke" emmitting from the rig at this time....
tried this several times ..with the same results... NOTHING..!

On "power up" ...I've noticed "heat" emmitting from the rig..."as if" shes
tryin'...and Q22 on the "RF Board" DOES..heat up..dunno if this is meant to
happen...but could feel the heat coming off it from inside the rig...

Any ideas anyone...

Andy
[hidden email]          "...I Just See It.!.."  John A. Ross
(RSD Communications circa 2004)
A.R.S.
GM0NWI QRP                                       "..It is vain to do with
more....             "A Dis-Orientated Kiwi...
"K2 S/n 01432 Soon To Be On-Air"                    what can be done with
less..             In The Northern Hemisphere..."

GQRP No.9576
QRP-L No.2165
ARCI No.10561
Central Florida DX Association (CFDXA)
Alaska QRP Club No.190
Flying Pigs QRP Club No. FP#-1061
ICQ No.31899603

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Andy

I know it is working now but might be worth mentioning what the problem was
as its an easy one to do ;-)

I will pop in later with a counter to get you started on Part II

John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Andy GM0NWI
> Sent: 12 April 2005 07:58
> To: Elecraft Reflector
> Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft K2 S/n 01432...The Saga Continues...
>
> I took the advice on-board ...changed the screws around
> (..think it would be 180 degrees..!) and things in that
> department turned out fine...I managed to "mate" ALL 3 boards
> together, to continue with the alignment process from Page 57
> onwards in the manual...
>
> Here's the story so far...!
>
> Have done all of the above...and was just about to go ahead
> and try the rest of the alignment, when I thought..."...wait
> a minute...the rig should turn on now..as before ..and "if" I
> don't hear anything... well...it SHOULD turn on though.." ..RIGHT..??
>
> Well...unfortunatley for me... I can't seem to get her to
> "turn on" (...he says...smilin to himself...with a
> cough..!)...I've put all the relevant side panels, front
> panel etc onto the rig,..plugged the rig into my 30 AMP shack
> PSU as before...
>
> Pressed the "ON" Switch...waited for the EEPROM to do it's thing...
> NOTHIN..!!!
>
> No Display...
> No Rig "Noise"...
> No Frequency Display ...
>
> I CAN hear the relays click as I press the "ON"
> switch....there does'nt seem to be any "burning" smell or
> "smoke" emmitting from the rig at this time....
> tried this several times ..with the same results... NOTHING..!
>
> On "power up" ...I've noticed "heat" emmitting from the
> rig..."as if" shes tryin'...and Q22 on the "RF Board"
> DOES..heat up..dunno if this is meant to happen...but could
> feel the heat coming off it from inside the rig...
>
> Any ideas anyone...
>
> Andy
> [hidden email]          "...I Just See It.!.."  
> John A. Ross
> (RSD Communications circa 2004)
> A.R.S.
> GM0NWI QRP                                       "..It is
> vain to do with
> more....             "A Dis-Orientated Kiwi...
> "K2 S/n 01432 Soon To Be On-Air"                    what can
> be done with
> less..             In The Northern Hemisphere..."
>
> GQRP No.9576
> QRP-L No.2165
> ARCI No.10561
> Central Florida DX Association (CFDXA)
> Alaska QRP Club No.190
> Flying Pigs QRP Club No. FP#-1061
> ICQ No.31899603
>
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