Wayne and Eric at Dayton

[Craig Rairdin]

Like many of you I go to a lot of trade shows for my business, both as an
attendee and as an exhibitor. With this experience in my background I have
to say I was surprised and pleased to see both Eric and Wayne in the
Elecraft booth every time I walked by. I probably visited the booth 10 times
over three days, several of those visits being lengthy. In each case they
were both hard at work doing demos, talking to owners, taking orders, and
filling orders. Neither batted an eye at my obtuse request to have them
autograph one of the inside panels of my new K2.

The booth itself was equally humble. A small investment in a pop-up display
would have really dressed it up, but a few nice posters and a couple tables
of product was more accessible and perhaps more impressive. No problem
picking up the merchandise or sending a CQ (no antenna, no problem -- it's
tough).

A little humility and accessibility goes an awful long way. You guys set a
high standard for yourself. It made me that much more proud to own an
Elecraft radio. Well done.

Craig
NZ0R
K1 #1966
K2 #4941


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[John Bonk-2]

Hello all,

I am working on the 2nd of my two K2 kits while my first is waiting for some
flux-off and have reached the IF Amplifier Alignment and cannot hear the
internal signal.  All resistance checks and alignment up to the point has
been without issue.  I checked and rechecked the board for solder problems
last night without any luck.  Any suggestions on where I might focus my
search?

73,
John
KD7ZYR  

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[Andrea Borgia]

On Mon, May 23, 2005 17:07, Craig Rairdin said:

> A little humility and accessibility goes an awful long way. You guys set a
> high standard for yourself. It made me that much more proud to own an
> Elecraft radio. Well done.

Should Wayne and Eric ever consider attending in person some trade show or
dx convention here in Italy, it would be a pleasure to try and help them
organize it. A pity I am on the wrong side of the pond or I would have
been there for sure!

B73,
Andrea.

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[John Bonk-2]

Update:

At lunch I used the signal tracing handout and could not inject a signal
into TP#1 and hear any change at all.  I verified all the parts and
installation direction of all the items in the handout as well as reflowing
the solder points with no change.  One item of note is that the static hiss
does change at all when changing freqs by moving the knob or by changing
bands with the BAND +/- buttons.  

74,
John
KD7ZYR

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Subject: [Elecraft] Cannot hear internal ref. signal

Hello all,

I am working on the 2nd of my two K2 kits while my first is waiting for some
flux-off and have reached the IF Amplifier Alignment and cannot hear the
internal signal.  All resistance checks and alignment up to the point has
been without issue.  I checked and rechecked the board for solder problems
last night without any luck.  Any suggestions on where I might focus my
search?

73,
John
KD7ZYR  

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[John Bonk-2]

Update:

After some coaching from Gary and another gentleman on the reflector, I was
able to use my wideband noise generator to inject a signal and traced it
down to one missing capacitor near U1.  After that, I finished Alignment
phase II, installed the rest of the parts and completed phase II with no
issues.  

Tonight will be a final test & tune and try and get on the airwaves.  I just
received two cans of water-soluble flux remover in the mail and I can turn
my attentions to my other dead-in-the-water K2 next week.

I highly recommend the toroid winding service.  Mychael has always gotten
them in the mail quickly and for a guy on a busy schedule like me. This is
money well spent for the time and frustration saved.

73,
John
KD7ZYR

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Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Cannot hear internal ref. signal

Update:

At lunch I used the signal tracing handout and could not inject a signal
into TP#1 and hear any change at all.  I verified all the parts and
installation direction of all the items in the handout as well as reflowing
the solder points with no change.  One item of note is that the static hiss
does change at all when changing freqs by moving the knob or by changing
bands with the BAND +/- buttons.  

74,
John
KD7ZYR

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces+bonkj=[hidden email]
[mailto:elecraft-bounces+bonkj=[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
John Bonk
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 9:19 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: [Elecraft] Cannot hear internal ref. signal

Hello all,

I am working on the 2nd of my two K2 kits while my first is waiting for some
flux-off and have reached the IF Amplifier Alignment and cannot hear the
internal signal.  All resistance checks and alignment up to the point has
been without issue.  I checked and rechecked the board for solder problems
last night without any luck.  Any suggestions on where I might focus my
search?

73,
John
KD7ZYR  

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