] K2: Very strange power problem has cropped up *** RESOLVED***

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] K2: Very strange power problem has cropped up *** RESOLVED***

K5WA
Thanks for all the reflector's input in resolving this issue.  P1 on the
KSB2 board needed to be re-flowed and the rig is back to perfect.  Special
thanks to Don Wilhelm for nailing it.  I don't think he ever sleeps!  ;-)

73,

Bob K5WA

 

Bob Evans wrote:

> My K2/100 has been working great for the year and a half (except for a

> bad power cord once) since I built it, but it just recently presented

> me with a perplexing problem. Since I don't get on SSB very often, I

> don't know how long this has been an issue, but the symptom is that

> when I start transmitting in SSB, power is OK for about 3-4 seconds

> and then power shuts down to zero on both SSB and CW. When I remove

> the SSB board and install bypass jumpers (and recommended capacitor), the
rig works perfectly in CW.

> When I reinstall the SSB board, same problem; i.e. 3-4 seconds of good

> SSB power and then power shuts down to zero.

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