Re: [Elecraft] [K2] BAND+ push button failure...

2008-07-14 Thread Vic K2VCO
Steve Kallal wrote: Don, I am about to change my mind. Now I am having a flaky response from the XFIL button, much the same symptoms. I already went through the Front Panel, Control, & RF boards earlier today. Now I am out of ideas. I must of jarred something loose when do the volume contro

Re: [Elecraft] [K2] BAND+ push button failure...

2008-07-13 Thread Steve Kallal
Don, I am about to change my mind. Now I am having a flaky response from the XFIL button, much the same symptoms. I already went through the Front Panel, Control, & RF boards earlier today. Now I am out of ideas. I must of jarred something loose when do the volume control mod. 73, Steve K

Re: [Elecraft] [K2] BAND+ push button failure...

2008-07-13 Thread Alan Bloom
On Sun, 2008-07-13 at 18:26, Don Wilhelm wrote: > Steve, > > That certainly sounds like you have one of those rare occurrences - a > bad switch. It certainly can happen - actually most any part can fail > at times, but a bad switch is quite low on my list of usual suspects. > > 73, > Don W3FPR

Re: [Elecraft] [K2] BAND+ push button failure...

2008-07-13 Thread Don Wilhelm
Steve, That certainly sounds like you have one of those rare occurrences - a bad switch. It certainly can happen - actually most any part can fail at times, but a bad switch is quite low on my list of usual suspects. 73, Don W3FPR Steve Kallal wrote: Don, I just spent most of the afternoo

Re: [Elecraft] [K2] BAND+ push button failure...

2008-07-13 Thread Steve Kallal
Don, I just spent most of the afternoon going over every trace that is part of the connection between the Front Panel, RF, & Control boards looking for solder bridges and frayed wires. Remember this started as a volume control mod requiring cuts and jumpers on all the above boards. That said

Re: [Elecraft] [K2] BAND+ push button failure...

2008-07-13 Thread Don Wilhelm
Steve, As you said is only started after disassembling the front panel, I would suggest looking for some other cause than the button itself. Check the soldering of the pushbutton well. If you do disassemble the board from the front panel again, you might try soldering the pushbutton from the

[Elecraft] [K2] BAND+ push button failure...

2008-07-13 Thread Steve Kallal
I just did the AF-Gain-Control Mod on my older K2 sn 2289. After reassembly, the gray BAND+ is starting to fail. It is used a lot for KDSP2 programming and does always recognize a push and hold function now. It often interprets it as a momentary push. I could and should just order the new par