Bruce, I had the same symptoms. In my case it was caused by a broken solder connection where the power jack attaches to the CP board. I removed the CP board, heated the connection and added solder to it. The problem is solved.
The power jack is a surface mount device and as such had very little solder where it is connected to the board. If I were to build another KX3 kit I would resolder the power jack connections before assembly as a routine precaution. This appears to be a weak point in the KX3 construction. Lou W2ROW bruce whitney wrote > > The DC cable/connection is flaky.. any movement of the cord or twisting of > the connector kills the power and of course when turning it back on again > the radio comes back in default - many KHz away and in a different mode > than the QSO - I wanted to throw it through the window! I will call the > boys in Aptos tomorrow - anybody else have this problem? > Bruce W8RA > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@.qth > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KX3-OMG-My-brand-new-KX3-has-a-nasty-little-problem-tp7562824p7562841.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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
