[Elecraft] KX-1 dead :(

[Tod Glenn]

On Oct 1, 2006, at 9:29 AM, Karl Larsen wrote:

> 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 :-)


Already done.  I'm running it off my 13.8v Astron. same problem.


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Tod Glenn
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