[Elecraft] K3 front panel switches

[Mike Reublin NF4L]

Fred,
Give the techs at Elecraft a call. They're REAL good at diagnosing problems, and suggesting fixes. If you don't feel comfortable doing the work, send it in.
73, Mike NF4L

> On Apr 8, 2016, at 6:44 PM, Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net> wrote:
> 
> My K3, S/N 642, has been slowly developing "front panel dementia" [as am I as I accumulate birthdays].  A number of the switches are becoming intermittent, and often, the first push of one causes a totally unrelated action [e.g. tapping BAND UP turns on NR].  It doesn't happen with all of them and it seems like the ones I use the most are pretty stable.  I find that a really positive actuation, as in hard, often makes it work correctly.
> 
> My K3 is getting somewhat long in the tooth as the S/N would indicate, but I was under the impression that the front panel switches were rated at multi-millions of operations, and I'm sure I haven't come remotely close to exceeding that.  My truck is 13 years old and is developing similar symptoms [Tach says the engine is doing 6,000 RPM sitting in the driveway :-)]
> 
> Curious:
> 
> 1.  Anybody else experience this?
> 
> 2.  If so, what did you do?
> 
> 3.  How do I tell if it's time to send it into the Big E?
> 
> 73,
> 
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2016
> - www.cqp.org
> ______________________________________________________________
> Elecraft mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> 
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> Message delivered to nf4l at comcast.net



73, Mike NF4L