[Elecraft] K2 Frequency Display Problem

[Nick Waterman]

Gottlieb, Jonathan wrote:
> Help!  Yesterday, the frequency display on my K2 #5113 stopped
> functioning properly.  When I turned off the K2 I was on 14185.09.  When
> I turned the K2 back on later in the day, it read 14063.  Now, every
> time I turn the radio on, I see 14063 on 20M no matter what frequency I
> was on when I turned it off.  Same problem on every other band, no
> matter what frequency I was on when I turned off the radio, it turns
> onto a particular frequency when I turn it back on, for example,
> 18143.90 on 17, 7241.09 on 40.  Any ideas on how to fix this?

The K2 manual says:

Backup Timer

While you're moving the VFO, a 30-second data backup timer is
being continuously re-started. Once you have completely stopped
tuning the VFO for at least 30 seconds, the K2 will then save your
current operating frequency in EEPROM. As long as you stay on a
particular frequency, no further updates will be done.

... so the simple answer is "wait 30 seconds without tuning, you
impatient so-and-so"   :-)


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