I learned an expensive lesson when I shipped my K3 back for service:
Never ship from a UPS "Store", unless you prepay online. The store
charged me about double the online price, with some excuse about using a
different insurance company. You can, however, prepay online and just
drop it off at
Joe, that is very good info for us with PO Boxes and want greater security.
73,
Bill
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Thanks Martin.
Just wondering if it is normal. From the reports, it is.
Thanks to all.
Bob, K4TAX
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> On Sep 25, 2018, at 10:21 PM, Martin Sole wrote:
>
> Mine does this. The white screen has gone though by the time my finger comes
> off the K3 power button, replaced
Mine does this. The white screen has gone though by the time my finger
comes off the K3 power button, replaced with a P3 boot loader message,
that's also gone very quickly.
Martin, HS0ZED
On 26/09/2018 07:15, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
Just purchased a NIB P3 for my K3S station. Love it!
I have an older K3 (low-2000 serial number) with the K144XV internal
2-meter transverter and KXV3A module (factory-upgraded in 2014).
In the September VHF contest, the first time I've used that band on that
radio, I found that the transmitter is flying. It puts out 2-3 watts when
keyed,
On 9/25/2018 8:15 PM, elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net wrote:
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Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 14:36:59 -0400
From: Grant Youngman
To: Elecraft Reflector Reflector
Subject: [Elecraft] Shipping high value items by UPS
The thread started by the gentleman who thought his KX2 might be dead and
Just purchased a NIB P3 for my K3S station. Love it!
Question - is it normal for it to initially power on with a bright white
screen while it loads? This is very brief, but sure makes a flash. If
normal, then so be it. It is powered from the DC jack on the K3S. I
always switch the
Mark,
First, set the CAL CUR in the K2 menu to 3.50 - and also make certain
the power supply voltage as displayed on the K2 display is not dropping
significantly during a TUNE. If it drops more than 1 volt suspect your
power supply or the power cable. A low supply voltage can cause the K2
sorry, forgot. my USB III and cable have been sold.
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Just installed the KAT2 in a newly assembled K2. At power levels greater than
8.0 watts, the K2 was displaying the high current warning. The KAT2 power
calibration was calibrated by measuring voltage with the K2's RF probe at the
feed point to a dummy load.
I removed the KAT2 and remeasured
I do, too., usually. Except this time. UPS — a little under $100, maximum
insurance, ground. USPS — almost $170 (Priority). UPS 3-day was around $225.
The differences would have cut way too far into the IPA budget item. You have
to prioritize somewhere :-)
Grant NQ5T
K3 #2091 KX3
Lets also end -this- duplicate thread at this time in the interest of improving
list SNR for our other readers.
Eric
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On 9/25/2018 1:35 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
I agree for small shipments. However USPS doesn't pack. The point being, if I use the
Fed-X packing service and it
Lets end this thread at this time in the interest of improving list SNR for our
other readers.
73,
Eric
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On 9/25/2018 1:34 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
Grant and all,
I use both UPS and USPS for shipping.
I agree for small shipments. However USPS doesn't pack. The point being, if I
use the Fed-X packing service and it gets damaged or lost it is 100% their
issue. In other words they don't come back to me and say "poorly packed".
I lost a radio via UPS due to damage. When I recovered it there
Grant and all,
I use both UPS and USPS for shipping.
With UPS, if you go on-line and fill out the information and print the
shipping label, you can give it to any UPS driver. If the value is
$1000 or more, the driver will have to sign your receipt.
Less than $1000, you can drop it off at
Interesting thread. Back when we had lots of troops in Iraq, my wife
and I adopted some and sent them packages. ["Pay it Forward" ... my
combat team and I got many in SE Asia from strangers]. They had to go
USPS Priority, every one made it. OTOH, my employer had a contract with
FedX.
I ship *everything* by the US Postal Service, and if the day ever comes that I
need to send my K3s or KPA-1500 back for service you can bet it'll be using the
post office, with original Elecraft shipping boxes and a premium shipping
method with full insurance. I ship merchandise commercially
I don’t know what the other guys do. But this has apparently been a UPS policy
since February for packages delivered to the Service Center. Didn’t know
about it of course, and don’t think there was any kind of warning on the
website. Maybe just missed the announcement. I seem to recall
In decades we've -never- had a positive interaction with FedEx ... IMO, an
awful company!
Rose (Elecraft Cases & Covers) ships 10 - 20 orders per month via USPS
Priority Mail, and have never had a single issue. Never more than 3 days
to anywhere in the US.
73!
K0PP
On Tue, Sep 25, 2018, 13:32
Never had a problem like that at UPS, and I’ve shipped many high value items
with them. I did have a problem like that, but not as severe, at FedEx once.
They opened the box because I said the value was about $4000.00. They had to
insure the packing was sufficient. I’ve avoided them for
I just took mine to the authorized Fed-X shipping store and let them deal with
it. No hassles. Less expensive than UPS and faster service.
Bob, K4TAX
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> On Sep 25, 2018, at 1:36 PM, Grant Youngman wrote:
>
> The thread started by the gentleman who thought his KX2 might
Hi All,
The K3 has been sold.
Thanks for the inquiries.
73 de Jim - KE8G
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Post:
The thread started by the gentleman who thought his KX2 might be dead and
needed to go to Elecraft motivated me to make this comment about shipping.
For several good reasons, I just sent my K3 to Elecraft for service for the
first time ever. Insured, double boxed, expensive Uline 3” plank foam
Thanks guys for the words on my KX2. I was watching the volt meter I have on
the power supply. It dropped to 13V when I keyed the rig then shot up to 13.9
and sat rock solid. I changed power supplys and all is well now. The little
radio seems to be happy again. And Thanks Don for the advice on
Paul,
An ERR KEY message normally only occurs on power up, and indicates that
a key contact is closed or a PTT switch is closed.
I suggest that you remove all cables from the KX2 except for the antenna
and power and see if the message is still present.
If it is gone, then plug each cable in
Look up “ERR KEY” in the Troubleshooting section of your KX2 manual.
In my KX3 manual, it says this:
“Usually caused by an incorrect setting of MENU:MIC
BTN for the current microphone, or an external device
shorting the KEY or PTT line to ground, or a shorted
KXPD3 keyer paddle. Turn power off,
Last night after working a couple SKCC guys on 3550 my KX2 just shut down and
said on the display err key. I could not get it to do anything so I sent the
configure file to it. It seemed to be ok but shut down again a few minutes
later. It has done the same thing twice this morning. A cheep led
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