Hi Chris How old is your K3 ?
I built mine in 2008 (s/n 1397). It has all the "works" and I have recently upgraded it with all the new boards available. I have never experienced what you are suffering and I am running all of the latest firmware and a KPod. Barry VK2BJ On 19 September 2016 at 18:45, Chris Meagher <acdmeag...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Pete and the forum > > I have been having exactly the same problem. > While rotating the VFO, it will suddenly jump to another frequency or band, > usually this seems > to be nearer the band edges. There is a relay click when there ought not to > be one, then further on > the 'jump' happens. > > I have been advised to use de-oxit spray on the front panel to motherboard > pins, that did not work. > The next advice from elecraft support was to replace the motherboard male > pins with gold plated pins, > I did this and it seemed to be effective for a few days, but then the > erratic behaviour returned, exactly the same symptoms. > 200MHz is a frequently jumped to point, and when i turn off the rig and > back on, it always goes to 28MHz band. > > I am suspecting that something in newer firmware is incompatible with the > older K3's, > but have no way to confirm this. > > I understand your frustration, I have the same sense of disappointment, and > wonder what to do, > I have been going back to my K2 as it is totally trouble free. > > Chris > VK2ACD > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to vk...@optusnet.com.au > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
