Gary and Ron, thanks for the help; I greatly appreciate it.?
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Made some progress tonight:
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Took another look with DVM and magnifier at T1, and noted that several of the wires on T1 did not have solid contact due to enamel ¨C fixed!
Counted the turns on T1 and confirmed that I wired it for 40 meters, which matches the capacitors in the filter.
Powered up the unit and went into menu 8.7 for Peak BPF, and saw ? deflection/level.? C1 adjustment had no impact on the level, but I thought that since I had good indication that everything should be OK.
Went to menu 8.8 ?I-Q bal and saw a minimal deflection.
Went to menu 8.9 for Phase Lo and saw no deflection.
Went to menu 8.10 and saw no deflection.
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So everything should be good for initial alignment (according to my understanding).
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Hooked up the 40 meter dipole antenna and plugged in some earbuds¡..nothing heard.? ARGH!
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Pressed down on the CW microswitch and listened on a separate receiver, no output signal heard.? ARGH!
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Went to menu #9 to use some of the test equipment.
Menu 9.3, value is 0 regardless of the RF gain knob setting.? Same with value for 9.4,? Not good.
Looking at page 104, section 5.1 of the Block diagram ¨C doesn¡¯t really help me much with further investigation.
Looking at page 105, the complete schematic looks impressive, but it also doesn¡¯t help me much with further investigation.
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So I am dealing with two separate issues:? CW microswitch is not activating transmit, and bigger issue is no audio output to the headphones.
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Ron, before I replace IC5 (because I am still seeing the same voltage values as before), I don¡¯t understand how this voltage would cause the issues I am seeing now.??
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(Not sure if Hans provides IC5 or if I should just order a new kit (is the QCX+ made with the same IC5?)
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