Sounds like the ground return in the power connector wiring is open. 73,
Lyle Sent from my iPad On Sep 28, 2012, at 9:43 PM, Michael Aiello <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm very excited to get my new KX3 on the air, and during my initial > exploration of the rig, I discovered something unexpected. It appears > that the rig will not power on if there is no antenna attached. I > noticed this first when I disconnected the coax to change the antenna > setup while the rig was on and in receive mode - the rig immediately > shut down. Then with the antenna disconnected I tried to power up - no > response. After reconnecting the antenna, everything behaved normally. > > I did not find any mention of this in the manual. I don't have an ATU > installed, perhaps that might have an effect. > > I am running from an external 20A power supply (a venerable TenTec > 252M), and the load is RG 8X connected to an LDG Z-11 autotuner, > feeding an outdoor dipole. > > If this is normal behavior, does it have implications for doing > firmware updates? Must the rig have some kind of load attached in > order to power on to connect to the computer? > > In all other respects everything is working fine and I am very pleased > with the rig. My first CW contact was Bulgaria on 10w from the east > coast! > > 73 > Mike N2HTT > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
