[Elecraft] K2 acting strange

Sun Dec 28 15:03:00 2003

Both of my K2s do this once in awhile when DX4WIN initializes upon 
loading. I just press either the BAND+ or BAND- key and it starts working. 
I have never seen either of mine semi-mute when DX4WIN or WriteLog were 
not enabled.

Bill, NI5F

On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 14:52:15 -0500, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dennis,
> The only thing I can think of immediately is something associated with 
> the
> T-R switch.  There are no relays switched when going from transmit to
> receive.
>
> I would recommend that you first check the soldering, then re-check it 
> and
> re-check it again.  Often, a missed solder joint or a cold solder joint 
> will
> show the kind of intermittent behavior that you describe - it makes 
> contact
> good enough much of the time, but causes intermittent 'strange things to
> happen', and may not show up for a long time after the gear has been put
> into service - I have seen this problem with older equipment from the 
> days
> when commercial equipment was hand soldered.
>
> 73 and Happy New Year,
> Don W3FPR
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>>    Something "odd" is happening with the K2 that hasn't happened before
> that
>> I can recall.   Sometimes, but not all of the time,  I have very low 
>> audio
>> until I either tap the paddle or press the tune button.  It does it with
> two
>> different antennas/feedlines.  It is almost as if the RX is "muted".  
>> Do I
>> have a relay going bad?  There doesn't appear to be a "pattern" that I 
>> can
>> detect - sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't.  Doesn't matter 
>> which
>> antenna is selected either. But a quick tap of the  Any ideas/thoughts
> would
>> be appreciated.  BTW, it does have the KAT2 module in it.
>>
>>
>
>
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-- 
Bill