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

[Don Wilhelm]

You have mentioned 4 problems now - the Info 080 problem, the LCD 
backlight, a missing segment on the last character displayed, and a zero 
frequency reading when doing the VCO test.

Neither of those problems are related to the other problems, so I 
strongly suspect that your soldering is at fault.  Check all your solder 
connections against the figures in the soldering tutorial that can be 
downloaded from the Elecraft website.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 10/28/2012 2:16 AM, AC8HU wrote:
> 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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