[Elecraft] KX-1 dead :(

[Karl Larsen]

Tod Glenn wrote:
> Greeting all,
>
> I have a mail into elecraft, but thought I'd throw this out to the list.
>
> I took my KX-1 out camping a few weeks ago, where it was working 
> fine.  I finally unpacked it yesterday, and much to my dismay, it 
> seems to be dead.
>
> Here's what I discovered:
>
> The LED works fine, so it's got power
>
> There is no sound on the headphones, and the freq display does not 
> light up.
>
> Examining the batteries that were in it, it look like all of them are 
> swollen.
>
> Any suggestion on where to begin troubleshooting?
    Yes Tod, remove and throw away the swollen batteries. Get new 
batteries and then tell us what it does :-)

73 Karl K5DI

>
> Thanks, Tod
> ----
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