[Elecraft] Broke my K2 :(

[jerry]

Yup, it's the 90% stuff.  It was impossible to get a year ago, but not
too bad now.  Still, I had to wait a month or so when I ordered it from
Amazon.

                       - Jerry KF6VB



On 2021-07-14 16:06, John Marvin wrote:
> Hopefully this is obvious, but make sure you are using the 90-91%
> isopropyl alcohol, and not the 70% variety. It can still be hard to
> get the 90% variety these days.
> 
> 73,
> John  - AC0ZG
> 
> On 7/14/2021 4:41 PM, Peter Eijlander (PA0PJE) wrote:
>> Yes Jerry, isopropyl alcohol does this!
>> I once cleaned a working print of a GPS receiver with isopropyl 
>> alcohol and it stopped working. Letting it be and trying it again next 
>> day turned out it worked perfectly again.
>> 
>>  From then on I leave a PCB to rest after cleaning to have the IPA dry 
>> out completely...
>> 
>> 73,
>> Peter - PA0PJE
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Op 14-07-2021 om 14:54 schreef jerry:
>>> Actually, I suspect that when I scrubbed it with isopropyl alcohol, 
>>> it
>>> shorted out
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