The DC cable/connection is flaky.. any movement of the cord or twisting of the
connector kills the power and of course when turning it back on again the radio
comes back in default - many KHz away and in a different mode than the QSO - I
wanted to throw it through the window! I will call the
...@mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of bruce whitney
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 9:20 AM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] (KX3) OMG My brand new KX3 has a nasty little problem!
The DC cable/connection is flaky.. any movement of the cord or twisting
Bruce,
I had the same symptoms. In my case it was caused by a broken solder
connection where the power jack attaches to the CP board. I removed the CP
board, heated the connection and added solder to it. The problem is solved.
The power jack is a surface mount device and as such had very little
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