[Elecraft] Broke my K2 :(

[Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP]

Remember PTTL?
Poorly Tinned Toroid Leads.
Look for them.

73,
Victor, 4X6GP
Rehovot, Israel
CWops #5
Formerly K2VCO
https://www.qsl.net/k2vco/

On 07/07/2021 22:19, jerry wrote:
> So I went out this morning to replace the CW filters with the upgrade
> kit. Unsoldered the 5 crystals.  Removed one of them - whups, it's
> got the "S"! That means that the upgraded crystals are already
> installed.  I thought there was no "S" - it was hard to read with
> them installed.
> 
> So I resoldered the crystals.  Being in there, I gave the RF board a
> scrub with IPA.  Back to the shack....
> 
> ...Audio is way down.  No transmit, not on CW nor on phone.
> 
> I hauled it back to the bench, got out a visor magnifier and a
> powerful flashlight, and looked over the whole board for solder
> splashes and cold joints. Didn't find any splashes.  Found & touched
> up a few iffy joints.  Found one joint with no solder at all - just
> the component lead sticking up through the hole with air all around
> it.  Soldered that one.
> 
> Back to the shack.  Still no joy.  Guess I gotta troubleshoot it.
> 
> Hauled the scope to the operating position.  Brought up the
> schematic. Ready to start troubleshooting.  Punched the power button
> and....
> 
> ....Everything works!  Nice loud audio.  Good transmit RF.  Go
> figure...
> 
> - Jerry KF6VB