Make sure that you have ruled out problems with coax connectors, baluns, etc. The 'tap on the key fixes it' phenomenon is common when there is a poor connection in the antenna system.
On 11/13/2010 4:05 PM, Leslie Austin wrote: > Folks, > > i have an old K2, s/n 0505 which was built by a friend, then later sold > to me. It has started to go deaf. At first a tap on the key or paddle > would immediately restore it to normal, but its now getting to be noisy > most of the time and a struggle to hear signals at all sometimes. > > I confess to feeling a little lost inside the rig (its more complicated > than my lovely little K1 for sure) but I have tried checking for dry > joints, and have been round as much as I could reach with a soldering > iron, though the guy who built it is a skilled home-brewer and he'd be > unlikely to have messed up like that. Besides the rig has worked well > for years, and started playing up in a mild way perhaps two years ago, > and just lately has got much worse. > > Help! > Any suggestions to guide me would be appreciated. > > Regards, > Les Austin g0nmd -- Vic, K2VCO Fresno CA http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
