I have a very early K3 [#642). After several years, the FP switches
started to get a little unpredictable ... AGC might cause some other
unrelated action. I had been controlling the radio from the computer
much of the time, something I've now stopped. I've found that repeated
exercise of the switches seems to have rectified the previous behavior,
and those I rarely if ever use [e.g. RX ANT, ANT] still exhibit the
anomaly.**
I suspect these are sealed membrane-type switches, probably integral
with the front panel PCB? The radio works fine. I'm a bit reluctant to
disassemble the FP, it's been so long I can't remember if I had to
originally assemble it or it came as a unit. Anybody know if this is
repairable?
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
**Anomaly [ahh-NOM-ahh-lee: n. ] A term used by NASA to describe any
unusual event or condition, such as a sticky switch or the rocket
landing pointy end down, in the desert outside of Phoenix.
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