It's the darndest thing - but I'll take it! I don't have the diodes. I don't have SSB, or a mic jack. So...I did the test with the shorted stereo plug. Everything worked fine.
So then, I plugged in my paddles, and - everything worked fine. Hooked up my new delta loop, worked France with 5W, got a 599. So thanks, Don, for the long-distance exorcism. May it last! Lloyd, K3ESE On Tue, Aug 28, 2018, 4:43 PM Don Wilhelm <donw...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > Lloyd, > > Do you have the 2 diodes to permit using a hand key in addition to > paddles (auto-detect)? > > If so, try removing the diodes to see if it works - Turn off auto-detect. > > Do you have a microphone connected? If so, remove it on the possibility > that there may be a mic problem with the PTT switch. > > If no diodes, put a 1/8 inch stereo plug in the key jack and short > across the tip and sleeve contacts and then across the sleeve and ring. > See if either the dots or the dashes become extended. If not > investigate the external cable(s) to the paddles. > > If you have trouble with just the stereo plug, the next suspect is the > key jack - although they seldom fail (I have only 2 in all the K2s I > have serviced), that is the least expensive possible fault. > > Eliminating the above as a problem, the only thing left is the firmware. > > On 8/28/2018 4:08 PM, LL wrote: > > This is the weirdest thing ever. > > > > So my wonderful K2, #4442, was pressed into service once again, a few > > months ago, after some needed TLC from Alan Wilcox. > > > > All was fine. In fact, it was all wonderful! > > > > So I just built a new antenna; got it up yesterday, it's a 40M full-wave > > Delta Loop. Hoping for some DX. > > > > Early last evening, I got some plugs on the end of the feedline, and > > connected both antlers to the rig. After comparing received sigs, I > decided > > to call CQ, and compare RBN results. But someone replied, and I began a > > QSO. > > > > That's when this trouble began. I was unable to send intelligible code; > > extra dits were being inserted. I tried changing menu settings, fiddled > > with the key. I finally had to just bag the QSO and go QRT. > > > > This never happened before. Whether operating, or in test mode, the > keying > > is intermittently whacky. It will sometimes send a couple or five extra > > dits. In HAND mode, it will extend dahs, randomly. > ______________________________________________________________ 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
