[Elecraft] K3: VFO A Tuning Freeze problems

[Val]

Yes John, it's easy to replace. Even more, it's easy to test if the encoder 
is the problem. By swapping the VFO A and VFO B encoders.

73 Val LZ1VB


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> Hi, Stan - I guess that explains why when the K3 was out at Elecraft, Dale 
> ran it thru 24 hours of temperature cycling. But that didn't recreate the 
> problem out there. The shack is in the basement, pretty cool operating 
> conditions and neither time did the failure occur during a long period of 
> contest operating, so the thinking was the board seating issue, not the 
> temperature sensitivity. But, I'll see what Elecraft comes back with.
>
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> Thanks for the input - Is the encoder just easy to replace?
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> 73 John K3TN
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> John,
> The behavior you describe sounds similar to the temperature sensitivity 
> problem (>39C) that I had with my recently minted K3. Turned out to be a 
> bad encoder.  Elecraft sent me a replacement, and it is humming along 
> nicely now.
>
> 73, Stan - KR7C
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> Stan - KR7C