[Elecraft] K3: Right paddle key not working?

[Steve Ellington]

I wonder if the solder joint for the K3's key jack is cracked. I've had that 
happen on other rigs. Shine a bright light on  the solder joint and use a 
magnifying glass to examine.
N4LQ
Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Sarte" <k2qi.nyc at gmail.com>
To: "Rick Prather" <k6limaecho at gmail.com>
Cc: "Elecraft" <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Right paddle key not working?


> Hi Rick,
>
> It was plugged into the "Paddle" jack.  I just replied to Don; did a test
> where I removed the plastic plug cover and inserted the plug into the 
> paddle
> jack.  I shorted tip to ground and got dits.  Shorted ring to ground
> produces nothing.
>
> I even checked the continuity on the plug itself; all contacts are good.
> Looks to me like there might be something wrong with the K3's jack or
> perhaps something more... not sure yet.
>
> Tnx,
> James K2QI
> On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Rick Prather <k6limaecho at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> James,
>>
>> Did you plug in to the "Paddle" plug or the "Key" plug?
>>
>> Rick
>> K6LE
>>
>> On 11/13/2010, at 3:53 , James Sarte wrote:
>>
>> > What am I doing wrong? I hooked up an old iambic paddle to the K3 a few
>> > moments ago.  Left paddle works fine; gives me a string of dots.  Right
>> > paddle doesn't do anything.  I checked continuity on tip, ring, and
>> ground
>> > and everything tests fine.  Is there something I'm not doing right with
>> the
>> > K3??
>> >
>> > --
>> > 73 de James K2QI
>> > President UNARC/4U1UN
>>
>>
>
>
> -- 
> 73 de James K2QI
> President UNARC/4U1UN
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