[Elecraft] K1: Inp Menu Item Pdn Only Allows Dits

[Don Wilhelm]

I can guess at 2 possibilities - one is that there was something sticky 
on the shell of that mono plug which adhered to the wiper in the paddle 
jack - it only takes a bit of something like the adhesive from 
electrical tape to do that. 

The second is that somewhere along the dash signal line, you have a bad 
solder connection that made contact when it was touched.  If you have 
trouble again, I suggest checking the schematic for everything connected 
to the dash signal (including connectors) and re-flow the solder.

73,
Don W3FPR

MGFoster wrote:
> I turned on the K1 & tested to see if the problem still existed - it
> did.  Turned off the K1 & unplugged, & exposed the bottom of the RF
> board.  Powered up & inserted a bent component lead into the Dits &
> Ground - OK.  The same on the Dash & Ground - OK!  Plugged the paddles
> back in & it worked OK.
>
> OK, so what happened there?
>
> Thanks,