Thanks Fred - When I get time, I might just pull the radio out of the rack and remove/reset those pins... Yeah, in the 'olden days' (mid 80s in my case) I was a bench tech fixing dumb terminals from airports, among other things..they were connected to each other in a daisy-chained serial 'party line'. I could usually tell how strong the lightning-induced surge was by how many components were blown and how charred the circuit board was...
73 de W0ZF On Wed, Nov 8, 2023 at 1:34 PM Fred Jensen <k6dg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Much of the K3 functionality as a radio is analog on the main RF board > [well, except for the DSP of course]. I believe that many [most?] of the > signals on the Coveted Golden Connector Pins are digital chatter between > the brains and the other parts of the radio that tell them what to do but > don't affect the functionality. i.e. it might go to the wrong band, or > BAND +/- might affect the mode instead, but all of the radio still works > fine. If you are so inclined to do a little bench work, you might try > removing and reseating those connectors a couple of times ... maybe with a > light coat of DeOxit. > > Good luck. In the "Olden Days," you could almost always find the problem > by looking in the corner of the chassis where the small fire had started.😉 > > 73, > > Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW > Sparks NV DM09dn > Washoe County > > Dave Fugleberg wrote on 11/8/2023 11:13 AM: > > I thought about that, Fred, but my serial number is in the low 8000s. I > assembled the kit. It came with the gold pins. > Could still be a bad connection I suppose. I've found at least 4 different > ways to trigger the behavior, but it doesn't seem to affect any > functionality. > > On Wed, Nov 8, 2023 at 1:04 PM Fred Jensen <k6dg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Has your K3 received the coveted Golden Connector Pins? Mine [S/N 642] >> began doing things like that, especially on the BAND+/- and MODE +/- >> buttons. Pressing really hard would sometimes make it work. The K-POD >> proved to be a work around, but the new connector pins on a trip to the >> factory for another problem solved it. >> >> 73, >> >> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW >> Sparks NV DM09dn >> Washoe County >> >> Dave Fugleberg wrote on 11/8/2023 9:16 AM: >> >> Thanks Keith - I totally missed that in the manual, as it's been a long >> time since I've used the decode feature. I tried changing the threshold to >> Auto...now I get the same behavior as before, except when it flashes it >> says thr Auto. So it's definitely showing me that menu setting, but I have >> no idea why. >> I should mention that the behavior does not occur every time. It happens >> nearly any time i use the REV button, but maybe only one of of every 4-5 >> band changes will trigger it. As noted, this happens sometimes when >> changing bands via CAT, so it's not just from poking the front panel. >> 73 de W0ZF >> >> On Wed, Nov 8, 2023 at 10:50 AM Keith Trinity WE6R <ke...@elecraft.com> >> <ke...@elecraft.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> That "thr 4" is from the TEXT DEC settings. >> Long press CWT/0 (zero) button to see the setting. >> I would think it would not do anything if "OFF", but try setting the >> upper to AUTO or something. >> There is a ton of info in the manual... >> Keith WE6R K3/K4 Tech >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to k6dg...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> >> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> >> Virus-free.www.avg.com >> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> >> <#m_5094155125443683231_m_-1374330047155880846_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >> > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
