[Elecraft] Power up problem

[Dennis L. Haarsager]

Last night I turned it on and off twice.  Didn't move it a millimeter
overnight, but this morning again the KX3 won't turn on.  Intermittent
problems are the worst.

Any thoughts?

Dennis, N7DH


On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 9:03 PM, Dennis L. Haarsager <haarsager at gmail.com>wrote:

> Two hours later ... tried it one more time before going to bed and this
> time it came on just fine.  Seems as though one of the switches is
> intermittent.
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> I'm on the reflector's digest mode, so won't see any responses until
> tomorrow.  If there were such, many thanks.
>
> Dennis, N7DH/4
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> On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Dennis L. Haarsager <haarsager at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> I'm unable to power up my KX-3 either with batteries (new) or AC supply.
>>
>> The batteries had been out for most of the winter and when I put in some
>> fresh ones and turned the radio on I got some odd readings.  Turns out the
>> flexible cable between the halves wasn't properly seated.  I fixed that and
>> all was fine.  About two weeks went by and today I decided to stop
>> procrastinating and install the battery charger and roofing filter I'd
>> ordered quite some time ago.  Before I even got started, though, I tried to
>> power up the radio but got nothing.  I replaced the batteries, still
>> nothing.  I tried AC power...nothing.  With the batteries in, there are two
>> small LEDs, labeled 0 and 1, lit up toward the upper left of the Control
>> Panel as it's pictured in the assembly manual (they are approximately
>> behind the letter R in TRANSCEIVER on the front panel).  That's the only
>> sign of life in the transceiver.  It says DEBUG under the LEDs, so they're
>> probably the ones shown in the IF and Audio schematic of the Control Panel,
>> being the lines labeled DBG0 and DBG1.
>>
>> Any help would be much appreciated.  Thanks.
>>
>> Dennis, N7DH
>>
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