Dave,
This seems a good idea. I had forgotten that some experienced mariner
once wrote that he left all his electronics on all the time - in
stand-by mode where possible and that this had considerably lengthened
their lives. My current plan is to take the K2 apart and very closely
inspect all the surfaces and connections looking for discoloration and
perhaps flux which might be causing a bridge when wet.
Don Wilhelm ( thanks Don) concurred that replacing the supplied IC
sockets with ones having machined tinned terminals might help as well
as the flux removal. We'll see. In the meantime the Info80 message
goes off within about 20 seconds of firing up in the morning so it's
really only an annoyance,
73 John KI4NGH
-----Original Message-----
From: dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 11:18:13 -0500
Subject: Re: K2 Condensation?
John,
I'd think a simple fix would be to cover the rig with a thick towel
when not in use. You could leave it turned on and that should also
work, but keeping the moisture away from the rig should do the trick. A
thick towel should stop the air flow over the rig and reduce or
eliminate condensation.
73 de dave
ab9ca
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
K2 Colleagues,
My boat-board (alas, 36 feet does not make a ship) K2/100 with KAT100
> gives me info80 displays on chilly damp mornings. It will step
through > the bands but it takes two taps to do it, one to change the
band and > then another to get rid of info80 and get the frequency
display.
> I checked the archives but could find only a single note about this
> problem and the gist of the comments were that that problem might
have > been a construction anomaly. I have to assume that if this were
an > endemic problem, it would have showed up at field day or with the
guys > who camp out with these things.
> Has anyone else expereinced this problem?
> It's been suggested that I clean the interior of the
radio-especially > around the IC pins and look for any stray flux, etc.
and then spray the > entire interior with some sort of varnish made for
this purpose. I > really don't want to do this, but am worried that I
will ultimately have > to deal with corrosion problems if I don't do
something. It has even > been suggested that the problem is in the IC
sockets and that I should > replace them with gold-plated ones.
> Any ideas?
> John Ferguson KI4NGH M/V Arcadian now on the hard in Brick, NJ
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