[Elecraft] FP switches

[Fred Jensen]

I have a very early K3 [#642).  After several years, the FP switches 
started to get a little unpredictable ... AGC might cause some other 
unrelated action.  I had been controlling the radio from the computer 
much of the time, something I've now stopped.  I've found that repeated 
exercise of the switches seems to have rectified the previous behavior, 
and those I rarely if ever use [e.g. RX ANT, ANT] still exhibit the 
anomaly.**

I suspect these are sealed membrane-type switches, probably integral 
with the front panel PCB?  The radio works fine.  I'm a bit reluctant to 
disassemble the FP, it's been so long I can't remember if I had to 
originally assemble it or it came as a unit. Anybody know if this is 
repairable?

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

**Anomaly [ahh-NOM-ahh-lee: n. ] A term used by NASA to describe any 
unusual event or condition, such as a sticky switch or the rocket 
landing pointy end down, in the desert outside of Phoenix.