Ed, You are going to find an unsoldered connection somewhere. Examine the boards carefully. One of the most likely is that you missed soldering a pin on one of the connectors, but examine everything.
It is not your age - stuff like that happens to all of us at one time or another. 73, Don W3FPR > -----Original Message----- > > Trying to put together K2 #5278 I am at the point for alignment and test > Part 1. Powers up fine and shows 7100.00 c and display shows > correct voltage > and amperage. But when I test the optical encoder by turning the > vfo knob it > moves from 7100.00 c to 7100.01 c and then upon further turning moves back > to 7100.00 c. Does the same thing no matter which way the knob is turned. > Rechecked components and solder joint without finding anything. > I may just > be too old for this solid state stuff. I think the last thing I > built was a > HW 101. I did not try to go on to the calibration part as it may not be > worthwhile with the encoder not working correctly. > > Appreciate any suggestions. > > K2 #5278 > > Ed Findley WB2KUI > > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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