FB on your progress. I built mine a few months ago and really enjoy operating the rig.
I suspect the power variation you cite is merely thermodynamics. Did you happen to touch the finals key down? The VSWR sensor likely needs tweaking per the manual instructions - mine recognizes a match pretty accurately. My built-in speaker sounds dreadful as well ! I wonder if its the impact of the metal shield ? It is especially sour sounding on CW, SSB is not quite as bad. If you do remove the shield, see how the speaker sounds. I figure the shield is to keep it from becoming a receiver at 100 watts, and thumping on CW? Proceed with care and enjoy the extra 8 dB gain in output power. 73, curt --- Steve Kallal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well after about a month, I almost have my KPA100 > option finished for the > K2. I didn't accurately time the hours, but I think > it is in the 25 hour > region. This is the first serious kit I've built in > years and the most > serious ever. I had only one mistake to correct. U7, > the dual op amp, was > reversed. Once that got replaced, the amp came to > life. > > I have a couple of issues left, minor ones. > > 1. The power does seem to vary a little bit on key > down, nothing major, but > a few percent before the power level settles. The > TUNE function indicates > 1.5:1 SWR into a dummy load. Perhaps I need to go > back and retweak the SWR > setting. > > 2. The speaker sounds like the cone is bad. I > ordered a bunch of parts from > Elecraft, but the speaker slipped my mind. I will > need to remove the shield > if the speaker gets replaced. Does the adhesive > comes loose easily? > > Thanks for all help from this reflector! > > 73, > > Steve N6VL > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
