Been working on my 10GHz set-up. I am using a Khune Electronics 10GHz transverter with my Elecraft KX3 as the IF rig.
After operating 2 contests with very little success I started digging into the transverter.
First I found that the receive gain was turned down, turning that up helped immensely. The transmitter was a different story. I was using the voltage monitor that is provided and no matter what I tried I couldn't get the output voltage to read higher than 2.9 mV. According to the manual it should be 1.2 Volts.
I contacted Khune Electronics support and they were extremely response and helpful! The engineer that responded to my initial questions provided me with my answers and additional test point to investigate to help her trouble shoot my problem. After verifying the voltages at the test points the diagnosis was not what I was hoping for. She asked me to return the unit for repair. Sigh...
Their responsiveness to my questions has been outstanding so far, so I have no doubt that they will fix the issue and return it promptly.
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