OK...rained off and on most of the day so it was a good day to work on the board. I fixed the toroids and found a few other mistakes and questionable solder joints....adjusted the VFO output to about 3 volts (with the scope this time)...got 1 1/2 watts out of it. I'll wait to get a heat sink on the transistor before I push it up to 4 volts. Found an old CPU heat sink that might work. Got to check the edge distance to see if it will squeeze onto the board.
Also the sensitivity is a lot better now....I got a head cold and my ears are plugged so I can't comment on the audio level...its probably OK but hard for me to hear...did hear someone calling CQ around 7028 and a few other signals out there.
Searching for a case now....
tnx for all the help
don KC1AT
