[Elecraft] My K2#4948 DEAD

[kc5wa]

About 1:30am morning I was monitoring 3.720mhz  while programing. When 
the audio just faded out then back in then it quit. When I moved over to 
see what the problem was. A frequency was displayed but all the controls 
where unresponsive. I turned it off . Then back on. The display  worked 
normal as usual, but again no response by any control except the power 
out control. Frustrated! I turned my K2 off finished the programming 
chore and went to bed.  When I woke this morning.  AFTER my coffee. I 
turned it on again. The situation  had not changed. My K2 was DEAD. A 
frequency was displayed but all the controls were unresponsive.  Time to 
break out the manual and see if I could locate the problem. As I 
unplugged the straight key I had set up last night for working "SKCC 
members"  my K2 came back to life..... I plugged the key back in and the 
K2 was still working. What is this? When moving the key's cable the 
audio would cut in and out. Apparently the cable that had been wrapped 
around the key while it was in storage (a long time) developed a short 
in either the cable itself or the 1/8" stereo plug and as the cable 
relaxed into its normal condition it "flexed" a short into the keying 
circuit causing those symptoms. Sort of made me feel real intelligent.
RC


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