[hpsdr] Penelope - no RF

[Peter Schrader]

Hi there,

I have been chasing my tail for a number of weeks now.  I have a 
Penelope that refuses to produce any power, first thing was to fix the 
T2 orientation, install Pennywhistle (separately tested) then eagerly 
waited for Alex to arrive.

Still no indication of RF in PowerSDR using TUN or MOX (AM/FM).  The 
per-band transmit settings have been configured as per the instructions.

With 100% drive selected, I see about 100mV (p-p) on R17 (DAC output), 
thanks to a nearby operator with a HPSDR this seems to be a little low 
(he reports about 1V (p-p) from the DAC, with a corresponding higher 
output from the opamp feeding the BNC jack).  My wattmeter does register 
any power from the output jack, I do see a small signal with the CRO 
though (amplified OK by the opamp).

All supply rails check out.

Is there another configuration thing somewhere that would prevent the 
DAC from producing more volts?

The receiver works beautifully, Alex seems to be doing it's thing with 
antenna selection.

Cheers,
Peter (VK4EA)