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Operating the CWT yesterday for the first time with the KX-1, I found a
glitch: When tuning around the band, the frequency sometimes just stops changing. Usually (always?) when I'm tuning downward, it's as if it hits a wall: I can tune back upwards, but when I tune downward it just stops at the same frequency. It's not just the display, as I can hear that the frequency is not changing. If I change bands and come back to the same frequency, it works normally for a while. It happens several times in an hour of operating, so it's not easy to reproduce. It's almost certainly not a bad encoder. If it's a firmware bug, as I suspect, others should observe the same problem. Firmware is 1.02. Has anyone else seen this? 73, Scott K9MA -- Scott Ellington K9MA Madison, Wisconsin, USA [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Scott,
I suspect it is the encoder and not the firmware. Every instance of that behavior I have seen is cured by replacing the encoder (and I have repaired a lot of KX1s. If you do not have good desoldering tools, cut the pins of the encoder close to the body and then you can 'rock' the 2 securing tabs out. Remove the remaining pins one at a time. Clean up with solder wick and if there is solder remaining in the holes, heat the solder pad and push it out with a wooden toothpick or stainless steel needle. BTW - the model designation on Elecraft products does not have a dash in it. it is "KX1", not "KX-1". 73, Don W3FPR On 5/6/2016 11:36 AM, Scott Ellington wrote: > Operating the CWT yesterday for the first time with the KX-1, I found > a glitch: When tuning around the band, the frequency sometimes just > stops changing. Usually (always?) when I'm tuning downward, it's as > if it hits a wall: I can tune back upwards, but when I tune downward > it just stops at the same frequency. It's not just the display, as I > can hear that the frequency is not changing. If I change bands and > come back to the same frequency, it works normally for a while. It > happens several times in an hour of operating, so it's not easy to > reproduce. It's almost certainly not a bad encoder. > > If it's a firmware bug, as I suspect, others should observe the same > problem. Firmware is 1.02. > > Has anyone else seen this? > > 73, > > Scott K9MA > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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