Thank you! I now remember reading that, but nowhere do they say, in big bold red print "DON'T FREAK OUT!!!"
73 de Brian W3BW *Brian F. Wruble, C.F.A. *70 is the new 40.* * Mail: 1107 Key Plaza, PMB 447 Key West, FL 33040-4077 Summers: P.O.Box 57, 7400 Augustine Herman Highway, Georgetown, MD 21930 eFax 305.768.0278 On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 10:39 AM, George Fenwick <[email protected]> wrote: > Brian, > > That is normal behavior. As stated in the manual, the KAT500 MUST be > powered before truning on the K3. If it loses power, that is the same as > powering the K3 prior to the Kat500! > > George > W2AIV > > K3/KPA500/KAT500 > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian F. Wruble" <[email protected]> > To: "Elecraft Reflector" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2013 10:32 AM > Subject: [Elecraft] K3 S/N 7394 Weird Symptom > > > Hi all: >> >> My K3 has been working flawlessly. It is part of a K3/KPA500/KAT500 >> lineup. I was monitoring FSK441 on 6M for several hours, no problems. >> >> I turned it off for breakfast, came back and turned it on. The front panel >> LCD fully lit, but with no characters on it, just blank. All front panel >> buttons were unresponsive. I couldn't even turn it off without cutting >> 12V >> and re-connecting. >> >> I tried connecting to the configuration utility, but it wouldn't connect. >> >> Then I discovered the 12V supply had disconnected from the KAT500. I >> reconnected that, and the K3 came back to life. >> >> I am completely mystified. This is repeatable. If I disconnect power to >> the KAT500, the K3 loses front panel responsiveness, and just stays in >> whatever state it was in when power was lost. >> >> The KAT500 connects to the K3 using the special 15pin KPAK3AUX cable. When >> I disconnect that, the problem goes away. Reconnect it, and the problem >> recurs --- K3 frozen in whatever state it was in when the 12V power to the >> KAT500 was disconnected. >> >> Anybody know what is going on here? >> >> Tnx de Brian W3BW >> >> >> *Brian F. Wruble, C.F.A. >> >> *70 is the new 40.* >> >> * >> Mail: 1107 Key Plaza, PMB 447 Key West, FL 33040-4077 >> Summers: P.O.Box 57, 7400 Augustine Herman Highway, Georgetown, MD 21930 >> eFax 305.768.0278 >> ______________________________**______________________________**__ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: >> http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/elecraft<http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htm<http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> >> Post: mailto:[email protected].**net <[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
