[Elecraft] K2 Won't power on

[Dale Putnam]

Hi Jeremy,   That has the possibility of being the finals... where a bit of static, wind maybe? depending on the antenna connected, may have poked the finals too hard. A quick check would be to use an ohm meter, before replacement. 

Have a great day, 
 
 
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Dale - WC7S in Wy
 
 


> Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:44:25 -0800
> From: jjones9527 at gmail.com
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] K2 Won't power on
> 
> So my K2, which has been running great for almost a year, no longer powers
> on.  I had left it powered on and connected via the serial cable to a
> computer so that I could do PSK-31 contacts remotely while I was away from
> home.  Unfortunately I never got the chance, and upon my return home, my K2
> was no longer working (no lights or any indication of life).  I shut it off
> for a couple of hours, and upon turning it back on, I got a loud buzz, then
> everything shut down again.  There was no lightning or power outages while I
> was gone, and unless the computer somehow put the radio into transmit, it
> should only have been receiving.  Any ideas on where I should start to look
> to trouble shoot this?  
> 
> Thanks for any help,
> Jeremy
> VA3ZTF
> 
> 
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