Re: [Elecraft] K2 Menu Button
Hi Aaron, The symptoms you describe indicate to me a mechanical flexure problem. I would pull the Front Panel board out of the RF board socket (first removing the Control board) and carefully inspect all pins for corrosion. I would also inspect the solder joints on the Menu/Edit button switch. The failure of the Menu/Edit button switch to produce any response on some occasions while causing display blanking and loss of receive function on others is odd, but the fact that cycling the Power switch restores function suggests that mechanical forcing on the RF board is sufficient to reconnect an intermittent power feed to the Control and Front Panel boards. I'm betting the J1/P1 connector junction between the Front Panel board and the RF board is the source of this behavior. 73, Mike, K8CN __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] (OT) RufzXP sound problem - solved
Hello to all... The problem that I initially described has found its origin in my lack of attention to details. When connecting my headset to the sound card's external jacks [back plain of computer] I inserted the jack into the wrong terminal; when connected properly sound emerged. A second operator problem focused on the sound icon in the lower right of the screen. It allows individual adjustment of various sources of sound [eg, speakers, system sounds, microphone etc]. For reason I can't recall - or explain - I had the system sound slider all the way to the mute position. When set on max, the sound of the speaker tests at both the computer level and the Xonar audio card level emerged, clear and bright. I still cannot get the audio from the Xonar card to the front cabinet audio jacks. While the line is connected, no sound emerges. More work to do. So, the upshot of all this is operator problems in that I did not go over the many sound adjustment settings here-and-there well enough to prevent self-inflicted frustration. Computers users are a wide and diverse group, and I suppose the OEM's try to address the variety by making almost everything adjustable in hopes of being all things to all people. In this environment RTFM and open eyes [among other things] are indispensable. Still don't know why I can't get front-panel sound... ...robert KE2WY On 7/18/2022 21:48, Robert Strickland via Elecraft wrote: I'd like to talk with anyone who has experience with Rufz sound problems. Please respond off list. Thanks. ..robert KE2WY -- Robert G Strickland, PhD ABPH - KE2WY rc...@verizon.net.usa Syracuse, New York, USA __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] (OT) RufzXP sound problem - solved
Front panel sound now working... Hadn't tried it in a while, so it looks like some of the other adjustment I made brought it on line. Time to walk around the block... On 7/22/2022 01:04, Robert Strickland via Elecraft wrote: Hello to all... The problem that I initially described has found its origin in my lack of attention to details. When connecting my headset to the sound card's external jacks [back plain of computer] I inserted the jack into the wrong terminal; when connected properly sound emerged. A second operator problem focused on the sound icon in the lower right of the screen. It allows individual adjustment of various sources of sound [eg, speakers, system sounds, microphone etc]. For reason I can't recall - or explain - I had the system sound slider all the way to the mute position. When set on max, the sound of the speaker tests at both the computer level and the Xonar audio card level emerged, clear and bright. I still cannot get the audio from the Xonar card to the front cabinet audio jacks. While the line is connected, no sound emerges. More work to do. So, the upshot of all this is operator problems in that I did not go over the many sound adjustment settings here-and-there well enough to prevent self-inflicted frustration. Computers users are a wide and diverse group, and I suppose the OEM's try to address the variety by making almost everything adjustable in hopes of being all things to all people. In this environment RTFM and open eyes [among other things] are indispensable. Still don't know why I can't get front-panel sound... ...robert KE2WY On 7/18/2022 21:48, Robert Strickland via Elecraft wrote: I'd like to talk with anyone who has experience with Rufz sound problems. Please respond off list. Thanks. ..robert KE2WY -- Robert G Strickland, PhD ABPH - KE2WY rc...@verizon.net.usa Syracuse, New York, USA __ 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
[Elecraft] How do I know if my K2 has BFOMDKT installed?
I just installed the temperature compensated PLL reference upgrade kit on my K2 #892. >From everything I can see, this rig (which I bought used) has been brought up to date in almost every way. One step in the assembly instructions says that for S/N < 3000, make sure I've installed the BFOMDKT upgrade, and that the kit includes a 2.7k resistor R19 that's soldered across pins 7 and 8 of RP2 (according to document "Upgrading the Elecraft K2 to Revision B"). My RP2 (10K) has no resistor across any pins. However, I do have L33 upgraded to the prewound 41 uH inductor, which I think was part of the BFOMDKT. Should I be adding 2.7k across pins 7 and 8? Is there any reason this would not have been done as part of the BFOMDKIT upgrade? Thanks, -Andrew NV1B .. __ 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
[Elecraft] K2 with transverters
Hi guys,For some time now I use my K2 with the 6m and 2m Ukrainian transverters. Very happy with the combo.Now, I know K60XV is no longer available but I'd like to get one sh just to make my life easier with transverters switching. I want to take advantage of the J2 connector on the K60XV to automate switching.Is there a way to get my hands on one? (pcb+ PIC should also do as I do have a large "junk box" and I don't need the whole 60m functionality). Does Elecraft support with programmed PIC's?Ready for any combination.Thanks for reading.73's de YO3IAZ, CristianK2 #6641 __ 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
