[Elecraft] K3 - ERR PL 1

2010-06-09 Thread Gary Smith
Hi, Haven't been on the air much, the K3 has been unplugged antennae disconnected just to protect against lightning possibilities. Last I used the rig, I was mostly on the lower bands, rarely 15 meters or above. just for fun I went to check my butternut HF9V to see if there were any issues

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - ERR PL 1

2010-06-09 Thread Iain MacDonnell - N6ML
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 1:02 AM, Gary Smith g...@ka1j.com wrote: Hi, Haven't been on the air much, the K3 has been unplugged antennae disconnected just to protect against lightning possibilities. Last I used the rig, I was mostly on the lower bands, rarely 15 meters or above. just for fun

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - ERR PL 1

2010-06-09 Thread Brett Howard
When was your K3 shipped? If it was shipped before Dec 22, 2008 you may need to apply this modification to your radio: http://www.elecraft.com/K3/mods/ELECRAFT_Application_Note_KSYN3_ALC_Rev_A.pdf ~Brett (N7MG) On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 21:02 -0400, Gary Smith wrote: Hi, Haven't been on the air

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - ERR PL 1

2010-06-09 Thread Gary Smith
Iain Brett, Thanks for the speedy replies. I will check it out. I did get my K3 right around Dec 20 08 (my birthday). What is interesting is this has never come up before and I have used the K3 utility to calibrate several times. I did make a few 24MHz contacts in March so it was working

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - ERR PL 1

2010-06-09 Thread Brett Howard
If you're careful you can get the synthesizer boards out of the radio without removing the subRX. I just got done installing the stiffeners onto my synthesizers and didn't have to remove the subRX to do so but you do need to remove the 2 Meter internal transverter if you have that. Also when you

[Elecraft] K3 ERR PL 1

2009-10-24 Thread rfenabled
For the moment, the problem has fixed itself..Hmmm Any ideas Gary Sent via BlackBerry® from Telstra __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post:

[Elecraft] K3 ERR PL-1

2009-10-24 Thread rfenabled
Hi yet again, Tried transmitting but the fault returned, no Tx/Rx, complete failure now. Gary Sent via BlackBerry® from Telstra __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

[Elecraft] K3 - ERR PL 1

2008-08-18 Thread Richard Thorne
I just started noticing that I get a quick message of ERR PL 1 when I change bands. When I hit the band switch to go up or down it says ERR PL 1 then shows the frequency. I recently went to Version 2.23, but went back to 2.22 and have the same message popping up. Is this normal? Rich -

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - ERR PL 1

2008-08-18 Thread Richard Thorne
Well a reload of 2.23 appears to have solved the problem. Rich - N5ZC Richard Thorne wrote: I just started noticing that I get a quick message of ERR PL 1 when I change bands. When I hit the band switch to go up or down it says ERR PL 1 then shows the frequency. I recently went to Version

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - ERR PL 1

2008-08-18 Thread Lyle Johnson
I just started noticing that I get a quick message of ERR PL 1 when I change bands... Is this normal? No. Try re-running VCO Cal. If that doesn't fix it, please contact k3support. 73, Lyle KK7P ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to:

[Elecraft] K3 ERR PL 1 storing empty memory to VFO

2008-05-21 Thread Bill Coleman N2BC
I was setting up some band edge memories (KM5Q's post of 5/10). I goofed and hit MV instead of VM. Then selected an 'empty' memory position, the main freq display was - - - -. I hit MV again. The VFO jumps to 49.9940 mHz and displays ERR PL 1 Seems like the MV routine should test for a