Tommy Lighting is one of those things that keeps on giving in many ways as far as the electronic components in your radio. You may be able to replace XYZ items and it fixes the problem for now, it's the thing's that it weakens that all do not show up at the same time but continue to fail. That is the reason why so many insurance company's choose to replace the unit instead of repair, the same is true for radio repair shops. These "can be" an ongoing issue that keeps on giving for some time. YMMV This is worth just what you paid for it 8>)
73, Fred/N0AZZ K3 Ser #'s 6730/5299--KX3 # 2573--K2/100--KAT100 P3/SVGA--KPA500--KAT500--W2 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tommy Mitchell Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 7:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] Ailing K2 I sent this to Elecraft support, but I thought I'd post it here too to see if the collective wisdom of the group might have anything to add. Tonight during dinner I noticed my K2/100 (w/ KAT100) was showing no noise on the S Meter. I unplugged the headphones and could hear no signals at all, as if the antenna was disconnected. If I tried to tune, the ATU would light up (sometimes) and it would run a tuning cycle, but I don't know if it was finding a match. No noise at all on the bands. I started taking the panels off and the next disconcerting bit was when bits of plastic started falling out. Q11 and Q8 are both split in half with most of the body of Q11 loose in the chassis and the base side of Q8 split from the collector & emitter. I had left my radio on this afternoon while I was a few doors up the hill working and we had a short thunderstorm. There were no close strikes (very little lightning at all) but yeah, I should have disconnected things but didn't realize I had left it in that state. A visual inspection doesn't show anything else obviously wrong aside from some slight scorch mark where Q11 went boom. No traces look blown and there are no signs that any of the caps or resistors in that area are damaged. Aside from Q11 & Q8, are there other likely candidates for replacement or places to check? The ATU & PA100 pass a visual inspection. The storm is a pretty strong correlation, but are there any other likely scenarios that could cause this failure? Thanks, Tommy ______________________________________________________________ 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 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3162/6252 - Release Date: 04/17/13 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3162/6252 - Release Date: 04/17/13 ______________________________________________________________ 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
