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KX-1 Glitch

K9MA
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

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Scott Ellington  K9MA
Madison, Wisconsin, USA

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Re: KX-1 Glitch

Don Wilhelm
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
>

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