Greg wrote:
hahahaha... No problem Dick. Good night.
Sounds like you may be OK now. Start using your new rig but let us know
if the power problem creeps back in.
73
Greg
AB7R
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dick Roth KA1OZ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Greg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Elecraft Reflector" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:20 PM
Subject: Re: ERR VCO Problem Activity Log
Greg wrote:
Don made a good point. When you assembled the power pole, did you
make sure
when inserting the pins that you heard a distinct click? If not,
they may
not be completly seated. Try pushing them in more to see if they click.
Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: Dick Roth KA1OZ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 6:55 PM
To: Greg
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ERR VCO Problem Activity Log
Greg wrote:
So Dick...what is it doing now? When the VCO CAL went slowly and the
speeding up some toward the end is correct behavior.
Are you hearing normal signals now? Have you done the REF CAL and
TX Gain
CAL?
Greg
{snip}
I successfully ran the REF CAL and TX Gain last night while the radio
was in its glory. Now if I can only turn it on and off when I want
to...(pardon the whine).
What else can I do to provide hints of the radio's health?
--
73,
Dick ka1oz
Middleborough, MA
K3/100(Kit) SN 000859
Titan-DX (to come)
I started with DC. APP connectors are firm in their sockets and no
wiggling causes outages. When I installed the front panel, I was
keenly aware from list traffic that great care had to be taken during
this process. I looked at each connecting point of each connector.
I've also given the baby "therapeutic taps" to see if anything was loose.
If you guys don't mind...its 2317 here and I rise at 0500 to pay the
mortgage, so I'll follow up tomorrow.
ttfn &
--
73,
Dick ka1oz
Middleborough, MA
K3/100(Kit) SN 000859
Titan-DX (to come)
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Well I still have the turn on problem. After I read what I sent you
last, I thought better of taking the front panel connections for
granted, so after I got home from work tonight I removed the front panel
and exercised the various connections and put everything back together.
It wouldn't turn on. So I did some random gefinger poken and just as
randomly the radio turned on.
Let me review what I know about this nuisance:
1. When pushing the "Power" button, I hear a small relay click and my
power supply indicates that the rig is drawing about an amp.
2. However, no panel leds light and there is nothing on the LCD display.
3. No tapping, nudging, or any other "therapeutic" man handling of any
parts appears to improve the situation.
4. And then with a random push of the "Power" button...voila, the radio
comes to life.
5. I reloaded the firmware code a couple of times at least. I'm using
the KUSB adapter from Elecraft and it is running the latest driver from
Prolific.
I don't know what else to mention, but I'm afraid to turn the rig off
because I'm afraid I'll never be able to turn it on again!
ttfn &
--
73,
Dick ka1oz
Middleborough, MA
K3/100(Kit) SN 000859
Titan-DX (to come)
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