Yep. That happened to me once when I had a short in the key line. After muttering "mon Dieu!" I started unplugging things and it started working
Unplug the key and check again. Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don Wilhelm Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 8:34 PM To: Jean-François Ménard Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 freeze at startup... need advice Jean, This is strange - the second case of similar behavior reported on the reflector today. Could it be a case of the 'phase of the moon'? When the K2 is in transmit state, the behavior will be as you describe - no buttons operate but the K2 displays the frequency. Check to see if your K2 is somehow stuck in transmit. The easiest way is to check the state of the 8R and 8T voltages. You can checkby measuring the DC voltage at the anodes of D6 and D7. During receive, the voltage at D6 anode should be about 8 volts and the voltage at D7 should be near zero volts. If the K2 is 'stuck in transmit', those voltages will be reversed. If your K2 is indeed 'stuck in transmit', try removing the key plug and the microphone - if something external is creating that transmit condition, it should be OK with those cables unplugged. 73, Don W3FPR Jean-François Ménard wrote: > > > Hi everybody, > > I have my first major trouble since my building experience back in > 2004. Now, everytime i power up my K2, I can see ELECRAFT and then the > frequency..... but everything is frozen after...... still get the > frequency displayed, but no button, no function work. I also tried to > reset the K2 to the factory default by holding 4-5-6 buttons..... Got > the 201 message then back to the ELECRAFT and the frequency..... but > still frozen !!!! > > Is it possible the the control board PIC got a static discharge or > something like this !?!?!?! > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
