[Elecraft] RE:K2>Alignment @Test, Part 1, #6249

[Don Wilhelm]

Tim,

IIRC, that 'ELE' indication is a sign that pin 1 of the front panel 40 
pin socket has not been soldered.
Peer under the LCD to see if that condition is present.

If pin 1 is not soldered, it is almost impossible to solder it from the 
bottom without removing the LCD (don't try that unless there is no other 
choice).  Fortunately, one can solder the socket pin from the to of the 
board - it requires that you carve away a small bit of the socket 
plastic next to the pin to be soldered so you can get the soldering tip 
onto the pin and its solder pad.  Solder can be applied either from the 
bottom (snaking the solder under the LCD) or if you removed enough 
plastic, you can apply the solder from the top of the board.

If U1 pin 1 is not the problem, be confident that you have an unsoldered 
(or poorly soldered connection somewhere on the front panel board, and 
your challenge is to find and fix it.

73,
Don W3FPR

Tim Koehl wrote:
> Per Rev.G,May 29,2007 Manual
>    Greetings All,
> ...Having made it to Page 44, after the initial power
> up to initialize the EEPROM (verified by the INFO 201
> display), the K2 was turned off and then back on after
> a few seconds, and the display only gives me "ELE",
> not
> "ELECrAFt", as was to be
> expected...Furthermore,tapping
> the display switch once did not show the supply
> voltage
> and current, which is from a battery (12.67vdc @
> 7A.)..
> .."ELE" remains in display. Also, the bar graph to the
>
>