Re: [Elecraft] K1: Inp Menu Item Pdn Only Allows Dits
I can guess at 2 possibilities - one is that there was something sticky on the shell of that mono plug which adhered to the wiper in the paddle jack - it only takes a bit of something like the adhesive from electrical tape to do that. The second is that somewhere along the dash signal line, you have a bad solder connection that made contact when it was touched. If you have trouble again, I suggest checking the schematic for everything connected to the dash signal (including connectors) and re-flow the solder. 73, Don W3FPR MGFoster wrote: I turned on the K1 tested to see if the problem still existed - it did. Turned off the K1 unplugged, exposed the bottom of the RF board. Powered up inserted a bent component lead into the Dits Ground - OK. The same on the Dash Ground - OK! Plugged the paddles back in it worked OK. OK, so what happened there? Thanks, ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K1: Inp Menu Item Pdn Only Allows Dits
MGFoster Wrote: I turned on the K1 tested to see if the problem still existed - it did. Turned off the K1 unplugged, exposed the bottom of the RF board. Powered up inserted a bent component lead into the Dits Ground - OK. The same on the Dash Ground - OK! Plugged the paddles back in it worked OK. OK, so what happened there? // This is very similar to my experience building K1 #2476 last month. First try with the paddle resulted in strange behavior - can't recall the exact details, but very similar to your experience. After I unplugged and re-plugged a time or two all was well. I also vaguely recall a similar phenomenon when K2# 3777 was built. It almost seems like a micro-controller initial startup hiccup. I'm guessing the notoriously spooky key jack may have had some debris, poor mechanical alignment, stiff contacts, etc. I was particularly careful when soldering the key jack to the board - just enough heat to flow, but not melt the flimsy plastic housing. I've experienced more than one failure of these (both K1 and K2 key and headphone ) jacks so I always keep a spare on-hand. Both rigs are woking A-OK (at the moment) but I do try to limit the in-out cycles as much as possible to delay the inevitable jack failure. Carl WA7CS -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/K1%3A--Inp-Menu-Item-Pdn-Only-Allows-Dits-tp15468892p15481259.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K1: Inp Menu Item Pdn Only Allows Dits
I'm in the process of building a K1, I'll be sure to check the key jack carefully. I guess it would be best to wire the straight key, which is all I use for now, to a stereo plug anyway. 73 de Joseph Durnal NE3R On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 11:22 AM, crstrode [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MGFoster Wrote: I turned on the K1 tested to see if the problem still existed - it did. Turned off the K1 unplugged, exposed the bottom of the RF board. Powered up inserted a bent component lead into the Dits Ground - OK. The same on the Dash Ground - OK! Plugged the paddles back in it worked OK. OK, so what happened there? // This is very similar to my experience building K1 #2476 last month. First try with the paddle resulted in strange behavior - can't recall the exact details, but very similar to your experience. After I unplugged and re-plugged a time or two all was well. I also vaguely recall a similar phenomenon when K2# 3777 was built. It almost seems like a micro-controller initial startup hiccup. I'm guessing the notoriously spooky key jack may have had some debris, poor mechanical alignment, stiff contacts, etc. I was particularly careful when soldering the key jack to the board - just enough heat to flow, but not melt the flimsy plastic housing. I've experienced more than one failure of these (both K1 and K2 key and headphone ) jacks so I always keep a spare on-hand. Both rigs are woking A-OK (at the moment) but I do try to limit the in-out cycles as much as possible to delay the inevitable jack failure. Carl WA7CS -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/K1%3A--Inp-Menu-Item-Pdn-Only-Allows-Dits-tp15468892p15481259.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] K1: Inp Menu Item Pdn Only Allows Dits
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Brett Howard wrote: What happens if you use the test points next to the connector? Open the box up and just use a paper clip or test lead to short them to the ground pad there and let us know what happens then. I turned on the K1 tested to see if the problem still existed - it did. Turned off the K1 unplugged, exposed the bottom of the RF board. Powered up inserted a bent component lead into the Dits Ground - OK. The same on the Dash Ground - OK! Plugged the paddles back in it worked OK. OK, so what happened there? Thanks, -- MGFoster:::mgf00 at earthlink decimal-point net Oakland, CA (USA) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBR7Pdy4echKqOuFEgEQJa2ACcCuUY10L5SDKP7XujHgmULXqr61cAoPla NHHpn7N6lFXBikZqmq8SSy4f =q0Rc -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
