[Elecraft] Haunted K2

[Dave Sublette]

Thanks to all who responded.  The "haunting" is now over.  I adjusted 
the VFO knob to put a bit more pressure on the felt washer and now it 
stays put when I turn loose of the knob.

Dave

Dave Sublette wrote:

> If this is a duplicate, I appologize, but I posted it 18 hours ago and 
> it hasn't appeared. Is there some delay built into this relector??
>
>
>
> Good afternoon,
>
> Now that I have your attention, I don't really think that my K2 is
> haunted, but it does seem to want to tune itself.
>
> As I tune the knob up and down the bands and come to the frequency that
> I want to listen or transmit on, I stop turning the knob and I take my
> hand off.  The knob is fully stopped when I do this.  As I watch the
> readout after taking my hand off, the frequency starts to change slowly,
> sometimes adding (or subtracting) as much as 80 hz to the frequency at
> which I stopped the knob.  The knob is actually turning by itself.  It
> may go either direction and seems not to be correlated to whichever
> direction of rotation I was using when I stopped turning.
>
> I have been using the K2 regularly on the HF bands only for the past few
> weeks. Since building the unit last spring, I have used it mainly as an
> IF rig on the microwave bands.  Until the last day or two, I haven't
> noticed the "self tuning" feature.
>
> Perhaps this phenominom has been previously noted and a fix found.  I
> cheerfully admit that I haven't done any research in the Elecraft 
> Archives.
>
> So....what say ye about this?
>
> Dave, K4TO
>
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