[Elecraft] K2 Was Fine Now Dead?

Allan Bacon arbacon at verizon.net
Thu May 24 21:42:36 EDT 2007


Yes, it was the J5, 3 pin connector point on the RF board near the front
center.

Ribbon cable is connected.

I will check the AUX DC connector and start voltage tracing.

Thanks,
Al 

Allan Bacon
W6GBG


-----Original Message-----
From: Don Wilhelm [mailto:w3fpr at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 9:27 PM
To: Allan Bacon
Cc: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 Was Fine Now Dead?

Allan,

Was that J5, the 3 pin connector point (no header is normally installed 
there) on the RF Board near the front center (near the control board)?

If you did everything correctly, it should have no effect on the K2 
power-up condition.  If you wired to some other place than the 3 pin J5, 
remove what you added and try to discover what the error is.

It may have been something that inadvertently happened, and not at all 
associated with your additions - in that case, voltage measurements are 
in order.  You may have had a pin pushed back on the AUX DC connector 
from the KPA100, and it is no longer making contact with P3 on the RF 
Board - insert the crimp pins into the housing correctly if you find 
that to be the problem.

Is the KPA100 ribbon cable properly attached to the control board?
These are but a few starter questions.

73,
Don W3FPR

Allan Bacon wrote:
> K2 4670 with 100W and all options was working fine.
> 
>  
> 
> Per the recommendation of Microham, I added a speaker jack from J5 to a
> stereo plug on the back of the case and now the unit will not power up on
> the KPA-100
> 
>  
> 
> When I plug in power to the low power jack, the unit is OK, but will not
go
> to high power.
> 
>  
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 73,
> 
> Allan Bacon
> 
> W6GBG
> 
>  
> 
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