[Elecraft] FP switches

[Wayne Burdick]

Hi Fred,

The switches are replaceable. Please contact support.

73,
Wayne
N6KR


> On Mar 20, 2018, at 4:09 PM, Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net> wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
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