We ordered a Dell computer for the Fire Department and the guy that it was for was having all sorts of trouble. I checked it out, reseated the memory, connectors etc....and then looked at the power supply and it was set to 220V! I can't believe it worked at all. Check the voltage setting on anything that allows for 110/220.
On 9/13/2011 9:14 AM, W0UCE wrote: > Perhaps I did not explain the noise problem, cause and cure situation > correctly. One of the P/S was purchased from a friend, the other I bought > new. The one purchased from my friend had been used; the input power select > switch on the back had be changed to 110V as it should be for 110v > operation. > > I had both P/S sitting side-by-side and had not yet changed the power in > 220/110 switch setting to 110 on the new supply. I mistakenly picked up the > new one and used it with the K-3. Operating the P/S on 110 with the input > power select on 220 caused the K-3 to sound like a Marconi Spark Gap > Transmitter. > > The fix was simple, change the input power switch to 110. "My bad" > > 73 > Jack > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html