Last night I turned it on and off twice. Didn't move it a millimeter overnight, but this morning again the KX3 won't turn on. Intermittent problems are the worst.
Any thoughts? Dennis, N7DH On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 9:03 PM, Dennis L. Haarsager <[email protected]>wrote: > Two hours later ... tried it one more time before going to bed and this > time it came on just fine. Seems as though one of the switches is > intermittent. > > I'm on the reflector's digest mode, so won't see any responses until > tomorrow. If there were such, many thanks. > > Dennis, N7DH/4 > > > On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Dennis L. Haarsager > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I'm unable to power up my KX-3 either with batteries (new) or AC supply. >> >> The batteries had been out for most of the winter and when I put in some >> fresh ones and turned the radio on I got some odd readings. Turns out the >> flexible cable between the halves wasn't properly seated. I fixed that and >> all was fine. About two weeks went by and today I decided to stop >> procrastinating and install the battery charger and roofing filter I'd >> ordered quite some time ago. Before I even got started, though, I tried to >> power up the radio but got nothing. I replaced the batteries, still >> nothing. I tried AC power...nothing. With the batteries in, there are two >> small LEDs, labeled 0 and 1, lit up toward the upper left of the Control >> Panel as it's pictured in the assembly manual (they are approximately >> behind the letter R in TRANSCEIVER on the front panel). That's the only >> sign of life in the transceiver. It says DEBUG under the LEDs, so they're >> probably the ones shown in the IF and Audio schematic of the Control Panel, >> being the lines labeled DBG0 and DBG1. >> >> Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks. >> >> Dennis, N7DH >> >> >> > > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
