I have had this problem for years also and wonder if there is any way to clean the switches? It is a real spoiler when it pulls this stunt, seemingly always when chasing some great dx. Would love to know what really is going on with this along with a good “fix”.
Ken, NU4I Sent from my iPod > On Nov 6, 2020, at 14:20, Steve Lund <[email protected]> wrote: > > Let me know your solution as my KPOD has the same problem. > > The buttons on the K3 always work as expected, but the KPOD buttons don't. > A real pain in cw pileups. > > Steve, K6UM > > On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 3:55 PM hawley, charles j jr <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I posted this on Elecraft .io but will try here as well... >> >> I love this K-Pod, BUT I’ve sort of worn out 3 of them. The symptom is >> that the most used buttons get noisy and trigger another macro from another >> address. When I had the first one do that, I did extensive testing to >> eliminate rf noise, etc. >> And a new unit however proved to work perfectly...for about 4 months. When >> it started doing the same thing Elecraft said it was highly unlikely and >> especially twice to the same guy, but they sent me another one anyway. >> Great company! >> Now that one after a year is doing it again. I rearranged the macros to >> different buttons of the two macros I mostly use, and it works flawlessly >> again for me. I doubt that Elecraft will keep sending me these things, but >> maybe I’m missing something. But all I can come up with is noisy switches, >> double triggering. No switch bounce protection? >> I notice now on the Elecraft site that there are PC boards available for >> about $120. Almost doable if the switches are not available separately, and >> less expensive than the $290 for a new unit. >> Has anyone come up with a part # for the original switches? >> Elecraft...? >> >> Chuck Hawley >> [email protected] >> >> Amateur Radio, KE9UW >> aka Jack, BMW Motorcycles >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
