[Elecraft] My KAT500 is sick :(

[Scott via Elecraft]

I was afraid of that. I am in the shack now to try it again, but it is the same. I live where it is dry so I haven't open it yet to check for something loose or corroded.  I was hoping for some magic solution from here first! 

Do you think it is worthwhile to try that (the ham way!) first before calling?  I built so am not afraid of that, but wanted to look for advice first. 

Scott

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> On Jul 30, 2015, at 19:54, Mike Flowers <mike.flowers at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Scott,
> 
> The KAT500 is pretty resilient, so if it's not responding to the utility
> after a power cycle, then time to call Elecraft support.
> 
> - 73 and good DX de Mike, K6MKF, President - NCDXC 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Scott
> via Elecraft
> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 4:10 PM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] My KAT500 is sick :(
> 
> Time to ask for advice...
> 
> I have off the air at the home shack for 6 months because of work.  I
> covered up everything, all disconnect from antennas and power.  Now work is
> back to normal so on my vacation I unpacked the K3, P3, and KAT500 and began
> hooking all up again--the only difference from before is that I improved the
> ground system.  
> 
> The K3 worked Ok except somehow there were a bunch of errors of modules not
> working that were not even installed (?), but that was easily fixed and I
> updated the firmware.  All good.  Same with the P3.
> 
> However, the KAT500 does not respond to the utility and is locked on ant. 1.
> It does seem to tune, but something is wrong.  I checked with a spare KUSB,
> but no luck there.  I checked cables, etc., and all seems Ok, so I thought
> best to ask before trying anything else.
> 
> Any ideas where to start?
> 
> Thanks and 73 for now.
> Scott. AA0AA, XE1/AA0AA
> 
> Sent from Scott's iPad
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