[Elecraft] K2 Problems

[Don Wilhelm]

Nick,

I cannot comment on the distortion with any certainty (would need more 
information), but the sudden lack of speaker means that the little 
plastic lever inside the headphone jack has broken - replacement of the 
headphone jack is the only known cure.  If you want a 'work-around', you 
can place a jumper wire from the junction of R35 and R36 over to pin 1 
of the speaker connector (P5).  With that jumper, your speaker will be 
active all the time unless you put a blank 3.5mm plug into the external 
speaker jack.

It is doubtful that the distortion and the lack of speaker audio are 
related.

73,
Don W3FPR

Nick Henwood wrote:
> Looking for some help please. My K2 has developed some distortion on received signals and without warning  the internal speaker (and the external speaker jack) failed to work when turned on -- although headphones still work. I am about to check out the AF amp but wondered if my symptoms ring any bells with long-time K2 owners (I should add that my K2 was damaged by lightning static and these faults possibly spring from that time. 
> 73 Nick G3RWF
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