Re: [Elecraft] Check Your Buttons [switch current is _not_ too low]

2009-09-24 Thread Mike S
At 06:54 PM 9/24/2009, .k8dd. wrote... >At least on the K2 with it's bouncing switches it is not only a known >problem, especially with the A/B and A=B switches, but you can fairly >easily >replace them - I changes out about 20 of them on my two K2s. K2 switches are readily available from Mouser

Re: [Elecraft] Check Your Buttons [switch current is _not_ too low]

2009-09-24 Thread .k8dd.
AD6XY wrote: > > My K3 has sometimes had problems with switches too, but only rarely. My K2 > is much worse in this respect. > > Have we found any user applications for the connector on the bottom of the > panel yet? > At least on the K2 with it's bouncing switches it is not only a known pro

Re: [Elecraft] Check Your Buttons [switch current is _not_ too low]

2009-09-24 Thread AD6XY
I remember having this problem with an old Advantest Drift-o-matic spectrum analyser at Uni. The buttons stopped working because the plastic let out some oils and this coated the gold and stopped the contacts working. I am not saying this is what has happened to Elecraft, I am sure that problem fr

Re: [Elecraft] Check Your Buttons [switch current is _not_ too low]

2009-09-24 Thread Wayne Burdick
David G3UNA, wrote: > A quick look at the circuit diagram shows that buttons are taken > from a > potential divider to CD74HC4051M inputs. These switches (unless I've > misread the diagram) will therefore take the input current of the > multiplexer which is typically <1uA. I don't know the spec