Yes John, it's easy to replace. Even more, it's easy to test if the encoder is the problem. By swapping the VFO A and VFO B encoders.
73 Val LZ1VB > > Hi, Stan - I guess that explains why when the K3 was out at Elecraft, Dale > ran it thru 24 hours of temperature cycling. But that didn't recreate the > problem out there. The shack is in the basement, pretty cool operating > conditions and neither time did the failure occur during a long period of > contest operating, so the thinking was the board seating issue, not the > temperature sensitivity. But, I'll see what Elecraft comes back with. > > > Thanks for the input - Is the encoder just easy to replace? > > > 73 John K3TN > > > > John, > The behavior you describe sounds similar to the temperature sensitivity > problem (>39C) that I had with my recently minted K3. Turned out to be a > bad encoder. Elecraft sent me a replacement, and it is humming along > nicely now. > > 73, Stan - KR7C > > Stan - KR7C ______________________________________________________________ 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
