[Elecraft] K2 spurious 'power' and 'speed' indications

Fri Aug 30 08:54:01 2002

Dave:
  I too have this occur on infrequent occasions (on my s/n 744).  It 
doesn't appear to be malignant, just strange.

best wishes,

dave belsley, w1euy

--On Friday, August 30, 2002 6:37 AM +0100 Dave Sergeant 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> I have noticed a small glitch in my K2 which seems to have occurred
> after I did the 'frequency walking' mod a little while back (one link
> to front panel pcb).
>
> Very intermittently while I am turning the main tuning knob (and not
> catching the other knobs by mistake) the display momentarily changes
> to display either the 'power' or 'speed' settings (as if I had moved
> the relevant knobs).  It even did it once when I was not touching the
> rig at all.
>
> I imagine this is something similar to the reason the 'frequency
> walking' mod was introduced.  Perhaps the power/keyer knobs are close
> to a transition of their A/D converter and the micro is incorrectly
> thinking they have been moved.  The power knob is always set at the
> 5W position, and I don't use the internal keyer at all. Software
> 2.01H.
>
> Perhaps just a little annoyance, but has anybody else had this?
>
> 73s Dave G3YMC
> K2 #2498
>
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>
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David A. Belsley
Professor of Economics