I'm looking for troubleshooting ideas. My K3-10 suddenly died while in use. Here's what happened:
I was listening and transmitting on 15 meters. Heard a station in Kansas 5-9 calling into the California QSO Party. I couldn't reach him despite a strong signal from him. SWR 1.1:0 outputting 12 watts. Beginning to think I was having some kind of problem, I decided to power off the K3 and turn it back on to reset it. When I hit the power switch, the rig shut off with a fairly loud "pop" from the speakers. Then it wouldn't turn back on at all. Power supply is fine; 13.98 volts from 50 amp Astron linear supply. Power cable is fine; full voltage at rig end of power cord. Disconnected all peripherals (speakers, straight key, transverter control cable and RF coax cables to xv432, and mic (Kenwood MC-90 into front panel). Still no joy. Any suggestions, other than packing it to send to the Mother Ship? Lew N6LEW Lew Phelps N6LEW Pasadena, CA DM04wd Elecraft K3-10 Yaesu FT-7800 [email protected] www.ntlew.us ______________________________________________________________ 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
