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KX1 died. Where to start?

Posted by Oscar, WB5GCX on Nov 13, 2010; 12:26am
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/KX1-died-Where-to-start-tp5734439.html

I built my KX1 about a year ago (#2199).  Everything tested out and worked fine.  It's been on the shelf until about two weeks ago.  I finally got going on cw this past few months (I love my K3), then this past few weeks made a few contacts with my KX1 (what a thrill that was!).  It's a wonderful radio!

When I went to turn it on today, it appears to be dead.  I can hear some white noise in the earphones, but no display, no keyer/transmit sidetone, no relay sounds, etc.  Same with internal 6 AA and external 12v.  Only option installed is KXAT1.

I suppose I need to take out the board and start doing some of the troubleshooting shown in Appendix E -- but thought I'd check to see if someone else has had this happen and had a suggested (quick and easy :) solution - or a recommendation on where to start on troubleshooting.