[Elecraft] Info 080 message started with RF Alignment and Test, Part II

[AC8HU]

I guess I said it wrong - I was referring to the VCO Test in Part 2 for the
RF Board.  After the PLL Reference Oscillator Test, I changed bands to 80
meters and was about to adjust frequency to 4000.10 when the Info 080
message popped up again.  As I stated, when using CAL FCTR the frequency I
found at this point (after the Info 080 message had appeared) was around
10800.00 - slightly above the 8 to 10 MHz range specified.  However, it was
fairly stable.

After attempting another 456 reset this afternoon, the Info 080 message
persists, just like it did before, with the same 00000.00 frequency reading,
and the same last character that looks like a 2 missing one segment (not a
c).  Additionally, something I didn't mention before but had happened before
as well, when the Info 080 message appears at this stage, the LCD appears to
default, or revert, to the day setting - the green backlight goes out.

It just feels like a hardware issue to me, from what I've experienced with
computer troubleshooting in the past.  The same exact problems appeared at
the same exact point in the tests...and everything else, test wise, had
worked fine up until this point.  The problem for me is that I'm not nearly
knowledgeable enough about the circuits involved, or what individual
components in the circuits do, to know where the actual issue lies...



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