[Elecraft] ERR KEY / ERR PTT Reports

[Joe Planisky]

In the last 9 months or so, there have been a number of reports of  
issues involving the ERR KEY or ERR PTT message.  Some of them may  
have been due to mics picking up noise on power up, or computers  
holding an RS-232 keying line active on power up.

However, since June 2009, there have been at least 5 separate reports  
on the reflector of the error appearing while the rig was operating  
(i.e. not at power up) or persisting with nothing but the power cord  
connected to the rig.  There have been another 3 reports where it  
wasn't quite clear if it happened while operating or with nothing  
connected.

This happened to me and persisted until I took the rig apart to  
inspect the key, paddle, and PTT jacks.  I found nothing wrong, but  
when I reassembled the rig, the error was gone.  There have been at  
least 2 other reports of the error spontaneously disappearing. (In  
other cases, there was no follow up report, so I don't know what the  
outcome was.)

Intermittent problems are hard to track down, but I hope Elecraft  
either has or will start investigating these reports to figure out why  
this error is being triggered when it apparently shouldn't be.

73
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Joe KB8AP