[Elecraft] K2 Problems

[Stephen W. Kercel]

The failure mode that Ingo describes is not that unusual in a K2. If you 
cannot get speaker audio, the phone jack should be one of the first 
things to check.

73,

Steve Kercel
AA4AK


Ingo Meyer, DK3RED wrote:
> Hello Nick,
>
>   
>> 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. 
>>     
>
> Maybe the headphone jack in your K2 is (a little bit) faulty. The contacts for the 
> headphone works sill. But the switcher inside the jack failed. This is the reason why the 
> speacker an the external speacker jack failed too.
>