Robert 'RC' Conley wrote: > > Tue night severe T'storms came through the Monroe, LA area. I lost my > computer the the Comcast link. After that is when the ERR IO3 made itself > known. I'm surmising I receive a spike through the RS232 cable. Is this > possible? My antenna were disconnected along with power. >
Yes...absolutely possible and in fact probable since your computer was taken out. Lightning > cable > computer > KIO3. This has been an ongoing problem with U1 on the KIO3 Main board and Eric has promised a mod to fix it but I haven't yet seen it appear. Here's how to check U1: http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/elecraft/2011-April/148361.html If U1 measures bad, you likely need a new KIO3 Main board since U1 has finely spaced pins. 73, Bill P.S. Now I disconnect all RS-232 or USB ports in addition to all antennas and power. The last time this happened to me the problem was apparently induced by EM fields from a nearby strike.-- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ERR-IO3-AGAIN-tp6319546p6320016.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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
