[Elecraft] My KX2 may be sick

[Paul Smith]

Thanks Dave, I have the KXPD2 paddle but do not use it much as I am a straight key guy or bug.

Thanks

de Paul N0NBD


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From: Dave New, N8SBE <n8sbe at arrl.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 8:43 PM
To: Paul Smith; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] My KX2 may be sick

Paul,

Check your KXPD3 keyer paddle.  It turns out that early versions had screw heads that were a bit too long that stuck out the back side of the paddle housing, causing a short to the chassis, if the heads bit through the black paint.

I have one of these, and it worked fine until the screw head on one side managed to work itself through the paint, then suddenly I was getting ERR KEY on power up.  Elecraft service has shorter screws to fix the issue.  I just put a small patch of black tape on the bare metal chip location under the paddle housing, and all is OK.  Some day I may ask for the modified screws (or paddle, if it has to be replaced as a unit).  Fixing the chip in the black housing is another matter entirely.  Shame it happened on a practically brand new radio.

73, hope that helps,

-- Dave, N8SBE
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] My KX2 may be sick
From: Paul Smith <n0nbd at outlook.com<mailto:n0nbd at outlook.com>>
Date: Tue, September 25, 2018 1:49 pm
To: "elecraft at mailman.qth.net<mailto:elecraft at mailman.qth.net>" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net<mailto:elecraft at mailman.qth.net>>

Thanks guys for the words on my KX2. I was watching the volt meter I have on the power supply. It dropped to 13V when I keyed the rig then shot up to 13.9 and sat rock solid. I changed power supplys and all is well now. The little radio seems to be happy again. And Thanks Don for the advice on NOT sending the rig in. I will check my cables as well, tnx all de N0NBD Paul Smith

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