yes Don, problem comes on again after radio cools down. Pins were properly cleaned from residue, but they are not gold plated and I black spots on some of them had left after cleaning with contact cleaner. So I decided buy recommended cleaner first
Thanks Nick On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 5:43 PM, Don Wilhelm <w3...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > Nick, > > Yes, but it fails when it cools again - something is not making good > contact, and it may be residue from the cleaner. I can't be certain of > that, but I would get that cleaner residue off and try again. > > I would suggest that you remove the cleaner residue from the contacts with > acetone - apply it with a brush or cotton swab and immediately wipe the > area with a clean cloth of paper towel. Do only a few pins at a time, and > do not let the acetone dry on the contacts or board. > You may want to mate and unmate the front panel and RF board several > times, cleaning between each to hopefully clean some of the 'goop' out of > the female header. > > If you do not have gold pins on the connector to the front panel, consider > asking Elecraft for the gold replacement pins. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 9/7/2015 5:27 PM, Nick Lelyak wrote: > > Thanks Don, Guy > appreciate yours quick response. > I found out that problem disappears when front panel warms up to 37 C > and more. > Looks like problem somewhere in FP. To clean main connector I used > Electronic Contact Cleaner. It may works not so good as Deoxit which > is not widely available in Canada. In any case to move on have to buy > Deoxit first. > Thanks again > > 73, Nick VE3FJ > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
