Re: K1 no output power

Posted by hjallis on
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/K1-no-output-power-tp5645179p5751182.html

Hi again,
Well, it worked for two weeks. No it doesn't. I received a new core last saturday together with the RF Choke RFC8 which was missing in my set. Så far I've used a jumper instead of the RFC8. I mounted the RFC8, but didn't take my time to change the core. After that I noticed that the side panel got very hot during a QSO just where the Q7 was mounted. I'm not sure if that  happened prior to the RFC8 mount, but after a few more QSO's the transmitter died. Now Q7 gets very hot even in receive mode and there is a short between the collector and ground. Gary has already sent me a replacement so hopefully I'll have it here in a few days.
73 de Hjalmar
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