John K7JLT On Wed, Jul 29, 2020, 7:56 AM kg6mzs <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Reflector, > > For absolutely no reason I can discern the footswitch is working this > morning. > > While I am happy about that, I know that it just didn't start working > because it "felt like it" like some woo woo types might suggest. I sure > would like to know what the ghost in the machine really was. > > I guess we don't get to know everything. > > Thanks to all who took time to help me. I really appreciate it! > > 73 Eric KG6MZS > > On 7/29/20 5:54 AM, Andrew Hebden wrote: > > > Hi, > > I went through something similar but it turned out to be the centre > contact on the PTT IN phono socket in the K3S. I tested the voltage on the > socket and everything seemed fine, also checked the cabling and microswitch > on the foot switch. Upon further inspection it looked like the inner > connection on the socket appeared to be splayed out slightly and just > didn't make contact. In fairness I did get the odd occasion that it worked > but was certainly not reliable. I had tried other phono plugs but to no > avail. > > Rather than open up the box I slightly squeezed the phono plug on the > footswitch to an oval shape. Not had a problem since. > > Must remember to fix the socket at some point. > > > > Andrew > > G8BYB > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
