I wonder if the solder joint for the K3's key jack is cracked. I've had that happen on other rigs. Shine a bright light on the solder joint and use a magnifying glass to examine. N4LQ Steve
----- Original Message ----- From: "James Sarte" <[email protected]> To: "Rick Prather" <[email protected]> Cc: "Elecraft" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 8:13 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Right paddle key not working? > Hi Rick, > > It was plugged into the "Paddle" jack. I just replied to Don; did a test > where I removed the plastic plug cover and inserted the plug into the > paddle > jack. I shorted tip to ground and got dits. Shorted ring to ground > produces nothing. > > I even checked the continuity on the plug itself; all contacts are good. > Looks to me like there might be something wrong with the K3's jack or > perhaps something more... not sure yet. > > Tnx, > James K2QI > On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Rick Prather <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> James, >> >> Did you plug in to the "Paddle" plug or the "Key" plug? >> >> Rick >> K6LE >> >> On 11/13/2010, at 3:53 , James Sarte wrote: >> >> > What am I doing wrong? I hooked up an old iambic paddle to the K3 a few >> > moments ago. Left paddle works fine; gives me a string of dots. Right >> > paddle doesn't do anything. I checked continuity on tip, ring, and >> ground >> > and everything tests fine. Is there something I'm not doing right with >> the >> > K3?? >> > >> > -- >> > 73 de James K2QI >> > President UNARC/4U1UN >> >> > > > -- > 73 de James K2QI > President UNARC/4U1UN > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
