Jason, Sorry to hear that you are having trouble at critical times, but that is when Murphy is most likely to strike <G>.
Based on those symptoms, the first thing to look for is a short or low resistance to ground on the dash line. Look at the schematic and inentify those components that connect to the line, then look at the parts placement diagram to find where those parts are located and inspect each of them carefully top and bottom for whiskers of solder or anything else that may cause current to flow to ground. You could also try lifting the firmware chip partially out of the socket and re-seating it - that will usually wipe any bits of corrosion off the junction of the chip and socket pins. 73, Don W3FPR > -----Original Message----- > > I was trying to operate Field Day with my KX1 this year, but quickly ran > into trouble with the KX1. It seems that the paddle is stuck > down, so that > I constantly transmit. When it first started and I realized that I could > not stop it, I assumed there was short somewhere on the paddle so > I quickly > disconnected it from the the KX1. That did not help, so I shut the rig > off. I tried turning it back on but it was still transmitting. > Next I tried > to reset to the default values, by holding the Menu and Band buttons down > during power up as described in the manual and that seemed to stop the > transmitting. However, the BAT LO warning came on soon after, so > I assumed > the trouble was somehow caused by low battery voltage. Then the constant > transmitting started again. I tried removing the batteries and connecting > the rig to the power supply and reseting to default values again, but this > time it did not stop the transmitting. I am now stuck with a KX1 > that will > only transmit a random series of dahs. Has anyone ran into problems like > this, or know where I should start looking for trouble??? > > _______________________________________________ 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
