[Elecraft] demonic K2

Fri Sep 12 17:13:00 2003

Merlin,

'Grats on the troubleshooting and fix.

Of course, you realize your efforts bring new meaning to the term "working your 
magic"........

Chuck

Note [email protected]'s stunning brilliance and Chuck's apt reply (gack!)

From:           	[email protected]
To:             	[email protected]
Subject:        	[Elecraft] demonic K2
Date sent:      	Fri, 12 Sep 2003 16:37:12 EDT

> Hello Elephiles everywhere.  I'm Merlin W3ICT, the guy with the demonic K2 a 
> few weeks back .  This was the radio that arbitrarily, while sitting all by 
> itself,  would start changing bands, modes, etc.  Has anybody else had this 
> happen?  Well, not to worry, problem solved.  
> 
> The culprit is U2 (the CMOS chip, not the airplane) on the front panel board. 
>  That's the chip that is the interface between the pushbuttons and the 
> control board.  I found it by spraying it with cooling liquid.  
> 
> After the lovely experience of removing the old chip, the new one fixes 
> EVERYTHING.  I mean, this radio was in trouble. After a while, it no longer 
> responded to pressing anything on the front panel.  ALL BETTER.  
> 
> By the way, has anybody else out there had difficulty explaining to other 
> hams, particularly ones with diminished hearing that Elecraft (when it's 
> pronounced correctly with all three syllables) ain't the same as Hallicrafters?  I 
> can't tell you how many guys have responded saying,  "Oh yeah, I know 
> Hallicrafters.  They made great rigs"  Just curious.  
> 
> 73 all
> 
> Merlin, W3ICT
> 
> 
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