[Elecraft] K2 help!! Fault pulling my hair out

[Bill Johnson]

I had a similar experience once.  I found the 160 board was touching my auto tuner.  Bent the board ground connector down and instantly cured the issue.  

 

Bill

K9YEQ

K2-#35 (2 more), KX1-#35, K3, TS2000, IC7000, etc.




> Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:35:18 -0800
> From: knarf1 at btinternet.com
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] K2 help!!  Fault pulling my hair out
> 
> 
> Hello from UK,
> I have a problem with my K2 s/no 2390,a long story but the short version is
> that it was ok when I aquired it 12 months ago but could not get 40 mtrs
> band,after afew emails from our helpful friends I found that D19 in the sec
> menu was not switched on ,I did this and all bands were working okon
> receive.
> I then decided to put rear bott panel back on along with the pa transistors
> checking for shorts etc, (taken off previous to check for dry joints) all
> other modules were re installed ie k60 xv and 160mtr units .On switching K2
> back on nothing at all but af noise ,no signals at all on any of the bands
> ,display and all controls seem to be working correctly,Ithought I may have
> had a dry joint appear somewhere so rear panel off again to look could see
> nothing .I checked and resoldered all pcb joints on the main board and still
> dead as a do do!!(not hi) Thinking would a reset on the K2 help?
> Can anybody out there help as don't know what to do next will even consider
> sending to some one who can fix or help local in the UK m/cr,lancs area, and
> as a last resort to the USA ,or Elecraft if it requires it.
> Tnx for reading,Frank
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