Fred, I had a very similar problem. Exercising the encoder pushbuttons cured the problem for a while but it came back and I ended up sending it to Elecraft where the replaced all 4 encoders. I also had the do all the upgrades. Now it's like a new radio. My truck (Tacoma) is 15 years old and still going strong :) 73 Dave N1IX
-----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Fred Jensen Sent: Friday, April 08, 2016 6:44 PM To: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 front panel switches My K3, S/N 642, has been slowly developing "front panel dementia" [as am I as I accumulate birthdays]. A number of the switches are becoming intermittent, and often, the first push of one causes a totally unrelated action [e.g. tapping BAND UP turns on NR]. It doesn't happen with all of them and it seems like the ones I use the most are pretty stable. I find that a really positive actuation, as in hard, often makes it work correctly. My K3 is getting somewhat long in the tooth as the S/N would indicate, but I was under the impression that the front panel switches were rated at multi-millions of operations, and I'm sure I haven't come remotely close to exceeding that. My truck is 13 years old and is developing similar symptoms [Tach says the engine is doing 6,000 RPM sitting in the driveway :-)] Curious: 1. Anybody else experience this? 2. If so, what did you do? 3. How do I tell if it's time to send it into the Big E? 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2016 - www.cqp.org ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
