Fred,
Try this:
http://marc.info/?l=elecraft&m=144267531705514&w=2
Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Jensen
Sent: Friday, April 8, 2016 3:44 PM
To: Elecraft Reflector
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
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