K2 - Question KIO2

[Tom McCulloch]

I'm having a bit of trouble with the KIO2 in my K2 and when I was poking
around to see what was what, one of the brass nuts came off of J1 (J1 is the
nine pin jack that sticks out the back of the K2).  The two brass nuts were
originally soldered onto J1 before J1 was attached to the KIO2 PC board. But
now that it's attached I can't get the nut back on.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to get that nut back on to J1, I
can't seem to hold it in place to re-solder.  I'm tempted to try a drop of
crazy glue?

The KIO2  still doesn't seem to be communicating.  I re-soldered all of the
J1 connections to the PC board, which was suggested in the troubleshooting
section of the manual, but it's still not talking to my computer (that's how
the problem with the nut started).

Thanks in advance for any suggestions you may offer.

73 de,
Tom
WB2QDG
K2 #1103

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[Don Wilhelm-4]

Tom,

It should be easy to get the nut back on.  Remove the assembly from the
K2 - then attach the nut to the shell with either one of the jackscrews
provided or use a chasiss screw.  Then re-solder the nut onto the shell
- use a large iron tip with a lot of heat mass.  Use more solder than
you did the last time :-) .

Make the DC voltage checks on the board and report back to us if you
have not found the problem.
Let us know what software you have to drive the KIO2 and perhaps we can
make further suggestions.

73,
Don W3FPR

Tom McCulloch wrote:

> I'm having a bit of trouble with the KIO2 in my K2 and when I was poking
> around to see what was what, one of the brass nuts came off of J1 (J1 is the
> nine pin jack that sticks out the back of the K2).  The two brass nuts were
> originally soldered onto J1 before J1 was attached to the KIO2 PC board. But
> now that it's attached I can't get the nut back on.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to get that nut back on to J1, I
> can't seem to hold it in place to re-solder.  I'm tempted to try a drop of
> crazy glue?
>
> The KIO2  still doesn't seem to be communicating.  I re-soldered all of the
> J1 connections to the PC board, which was suggested in the troubleshooting
> section of the manual, but it's still not talking to my computer (that's how
> the problem with the nut started).
>  
>

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