Re: Dead KX1

Posted by K8DJW-Dave on May 05, 2016; 1:18pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/Dead-KX1-tp7616558p7617183.html

Just wanted to post an update as it may be of benefit to someone in the future...

Finally got around to looking at this. Since the LED was working the first thing I checked was the power switch... low and behold, it was reading open in the on position. My KX1 has spent a lot of time at campsites and has even seen a bit of light rain. Both switches are looking a little corroded. I soldered a jumper over the switch and it works fine... put a couple drops of flux-off (couldn't find my electro-wash) in the switch and worked it in there, and it seems to have fixed it, however I will buy a couple replacements from Elecraft. So happy to have the KX1 working. I still have a baby black widow that I haven't even built yet!

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