Karl N6XVT, Ground the radio. If it is, test it. The see if your front panel is grounded. Hope it will help. N6XVT 73 Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 30, 2009, at 6:39 PM, "Steve Ellington" <n...@carolina.rr.com> wrote: > What can I do to eliminate the static electricity problem with K3? > Every > time I touch the main VFO (A) knob the display goes dark, audio goes > off, > frequency changes among other things. After about 5 seconds it > recovers but > somewhat off frequency. Just a little foot shuffling will develop > enough > charge to cause this. Touching the metal on the rig will discharge > things > but it's hard to remember to do this. Am I missing a ground on this > VFO knob > or what? BTW...The FP is only a few months old, new version. > > Steve > N4LQ > n...@carolina.rr.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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