[K3] Mixed up FP Buttons

[Jessie Oberreuter-2]

      VHF SKN activities were interrupted tonight when I switched to 2m and
all of the buttons went wonky -- some completely dead; others performing
"unrelated" functions.  When the sanity checks (re-seat boards, re-load
firmare) failed to make a difference, I started crawling the schematics.
      Pulling the FP off again, I measured across each resistor in the tap
divider to eventually discover R58 reading ~10 ohms rather than 3k.  I've
never heard of a chip resister failing to a near short, so I'm suspecting
its companion, C69, isn't much of a capacitor anymore.  Hopefully,
replacing one or both tomorrow will fix the problem.  In the mean time, I
thought I'd check for any wisdom from the list :).  - kb7psg

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[John_N1JM]

Many, including me,  have had that problem where one of the front panel switches hung up. You might try exercising all the switches to see if it clears. Otherwise maybe one of the switches has stuck "on" permanently.

73, HNY John N1JM