[Elecraft] Power up problem

[Dennis Haarsager]

Thanks for the tip, Don. Yes, it is an early one. I'll check that out and let you know.

73, Dennis 

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-----Original Message-----
From: "Don Wilhelm" <w3fpr at embarqmail.com>
Sent: ‎2/‎9/‎2014 10:13
To: "Dennis L. Haarsager" <haarsager at gmail.com>; "Elecraft at mailman.qth.net" <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Power up problem

Dennis,

Clearly something is intermittent.

Is your KX3 an early one?  If so, the power jack was not glued to the 
board, and the power jack may have broken away from the solder pads.  I 
forget the serial number at which they started to glue the jacks to the 
board.

Either open the KX3 and check the mounting of the power jack visually or 
just try 'wiggling' it a bit to see if you can power it on.

In any case you will probably have to email support.  If it is the power 
jack and you are capable of changing it yourself, they can get a new 
jack to you.  Glue the new one down with epoxy, but don't let it get all 
over other areas of the board.

73,
Don W3FPR


On 2/9/2014 9:28 AM, Dennis L. Haarsager wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> 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
>>
>>