K2 Frequence Drift
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Hello everyone... I know that this has been kicked around on the reflector quite a bit but it is new to me and trying to read through all of the information is a daunting task.
I just finished building my k2/100 in November. I have not noticed this problem before but I have not had the opportunity to use is that much either. Today when talking to a friend on 7.219.00MHz LSB I noticed that he began to drift off freq. Because he was mobile I did not think that much about it. As we continued our conversation I found that when I turned on the RIT and listened on 7.218.95 he sounded "on freq" again. When I questioned him about it he told me that he thought I was off freq as well. I turned off the RIT and tuned to 7.218.95 and he told me that I was right on freq again. The drift was obvious and stopped exactly .05 down from where we started. I switched radios and we continued our conversation on 7.219.00. When I turned the K2 back on and transmitted with it the exact same thing happened as before. As the radio warmed up it drifted down .05. Any help you can offer would be appreciated. 73 K4SHP ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Rich,
A 50 Hz drift downward from a cold start is pretty typical for the K2. I would suggest you perform the frequency calibration on your K2 after a reasonable warm-up period. Then after the initial (few minute) warm up, it will be right on. Once understood, this amount of drift is not a problem (for most people). 73, Bruce, N1RX ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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I would suspect the major issue was using RIT. If the other station drifts,
just use main tuning to get back with him. When you turn on RIT then he will hear you off frequency and tune to you and be off for you and you will leapfrog across the band. 73 - Mike WA8BXN -------Original Message------- From: Jason Morgan Date: 12/27/2011 4:11:06 PM To: [hidden email] Subject: [Elecraft] K2 Frequence Drift Hello everyone... I know that this has been kicked around on the reflector quite a bit but it is new to me and trying to read through all of the information is a daunting task. I just finished building my k2/100 in November. I have not noticed this problem before but I have not had the opportunity to use is that much either Today when talking to a friend on 7.219.00MHz LSB I noticed that he began to drift off freq. Because he was mobile I did not think that much about it. As we continued our conversation I found that when I turned on the RIT and listened on 7.218.95 he sounded "on freq" again. When I questioned him about it he told me that he thought I was off freq as well. I turned off the RIT and tuned to 7.218.95 and he told me that I was right on freq again. The drift was obvious and stopped exactly .05 down from where we started. I switched radios and we continued our conversation on 7.219.00. When I turned the K2 back on and transmitted with it the exact same thing happened as before. As the radio warmed up it drifted down .05. Any help you can offer would be appreciated. 73 K4SHP ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Jason,
The K2 specification for drift is less than 100 Hz from a cold start at 25 degC. 50 Hz is well within that specification. I would suggest you do the dial calibration procedure after the K2 has warmed up. I highly recommend the procedure on my website www.w3fpr.com - article on K2 Dial Calibration. I would suggest a 15 minute warm-up period is about right. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/27/2011 4:10 PM, Jason Morgan wrote: > Hello everyone... I know that this has been kicked around on the reflector quite a bit but it is new to me and trying to read through all of the information is a daunting task. > > I just finished building my k2/100 in November. I have not noticed this problem before but I have not had the opportunity to use is that much either. > > Today when talking to a friend on 7.219.00MHz LSB I noticed that he began to drift off freq. Because he was mobile I did not think that much about it. As we continued our conversation I found that when I turned on the RIT and listened on 7.218.95 he sounded "on freq" again. When I questioned him about it he told me that he thought I was off freq as well. I turned off the RIT and tuned to 7.218.95 and he told me that I was right on freq again. The drift was obvious and stopped exactly .05 down from where we started. I switched radios and we continued our conversation on 7.219.00. When I turned the K2 back on and transmitted with it the exact same thing happened as before. As the radio warmed up it drifted down .05. > > Any help you can offer would be appreciated. > > 73 > K4SHP > Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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