Clark,
You either have a non-functioning VFO, or you have something wrong with
your probe (or Q9/Q10 on the Control Board).
Try the probe in TP2 to see if you get a frequency displayed - if you
do, you likely have a VFO problem - first place to check is T5 - make
certain the leads are well stripped and tinned, you should have a bit of
tinned wire on the top of the board. Examine the winding carefully, if
you wound the green wire in the wrong direction, the VFO will not work.
If you have the wrong number of turns, it may be off frequency enough
that the PLL will not lock in. When counting toroid turns, count the
number of times the wire passes through the center of the core. A
straight wire through the center is one turn, a full wrap around the
core is two turns.
There are a lot of "ifs" in the above statement, but take them into
consideration and get back with us if you do not find the problem.
73,
Don W3FPR
Clark Ward Jr wrote:
> I got discouraged after having more than a few issues with my K2 and
> have returned to finish the project now that I'm not eyeballs-deep in
> nursing school.
>
> I'm in 'Alignment and Test, Part II' in the VCO Test. Everything is
> good up through this point (Having started anew, I reperformed all
> calibration and alignment steps up to this point).
>
> I have the frequency probe plugged into P6, and TP-1, the VFO set to
> 4000.10 kHz, and used the menu to have the freq counter active.
>
> The display shows zeroes all the way across, where it should show
> something between 8 and 10 MHz. Any guidance on places to look is
> gratefully accepted.
>
>
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