Bingo, Ed! That did the trick!! Thanks a bunch es 73, Randy, KS4L
On 1/7/2011 9:44 PM, Ed Gilliland wrote: > Hello Randy, > > I had ERR 12V alarms and recrimped the lugs on the wires that attach > to the circuit breaker. I've run two or three contests since with no > alarm messages. > > Good luck, Ed/W5TM > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Moore" <[email protected]> > To: "Elecraft Discussion List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 8:47 PM > Subject: [Elecraft] [K3] ERR 12v > > >> I am working on an friends K3 (#4446), recently purchased used. When I >> got it, Power-On resulted in "ERR DSE." Firmware load failed, so I did >> EEINIT, and then the firmware loaded correctly. After going through >> filter setups to match the on-board filters, things seemed to be working >> correctly. But then I tried to increase power beyond 12w, and now I get >> the "ERR 12V", which my friend had seen before. When that error occurs, >> the KPA3 fans come on. Just for kicks, I tried to do the Tx Gain >> Calibration through the K3 Utility (dummy load attached), and even at >> the 5w level, it fails. >> >> The seller of this K3 says none of this was happening before he shipped >> the unit. >> >> I need some advice on how to proceed. >> >> Tnx es 73, >> Randy, KS4L > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

