About 1:30am morning I was monitoring 3.720mhz while programing. When
the audio just faded out then back in then it quit. When I moved over to
see what the problem was. A frequency was displayed but all the controls
where unresponsive. I turned it off . Then back on. The display worked
normal as usual, but again no response by any control except the power
out control. Frustrated! I turned my K2 off finished the programming
chore and went to bed. When I woke this morning. AFTER my coffee. I
turned it on again. The situation had not changed. My K2 was DEAD. A
frequency was displayed but all the controls were unresponsive. Time to
break out the manual and see if I could locate the problem. As I
unplugged the straight key I had set up last night for working "SKCC
members" my K2 came back to life..... I plugged the key back in and the
K2 was still working. What is this? When moving the key's cable the
audio would cut in and out. Apparently the cable that had been wrapped
around the key while it was in storage (a long time) developed a short
in either the cable itself or the 1/8" stereo plug and as the cable
relaxed into its normal condition it "flexed" a short into the keying
circuit causing those symptoms. Sort of made me feel real intelligent.
RC
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