[Elecraft] K2 deaf

[Vic K2VCO]

Make sure that you have ruled out problems with coax connectors, baluns, etc. The 'tap on 
the key fixes it' phenomenon is common when there is a poor connection in the antenna system.

On 11/13/2010 4:05 PM, Leslie Austin wrote:
> Folks,
>
> i have an old K2, s/n 0505 which was built by a friend, then later sold
> to me. It has started to go deaf. At first a tap on the key or paddle
> would immediately restore it to normal, but its now getting to be noisy
> most of the time and a struggle to hear signals at all sometimes.
>
> I confess to feeling a little lost inside the rig (its more complicated
> than my lovely little K1 for sure) but I have tried checking for dry
> joints, and have been round as much as I could reach with a soldering
> iron, though the guy who built it is a skilled home-brewer and he'd be
> unlikely to have messed up like that. Besides the rig has worked well
> for years, and started playing up in a mild way perhaps two years ago,
> and just lately has got much worse.
>
> Help!
> Any suggestions to guide me would be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Les Austin g0nmd
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