Not to pick on anyone but do I remember wrong? I've never seen Elecraft recommend running a K3/10 at 12w or a K3/100 at 120.
Maybe I missed it? I don't this caused the problem but I see this 12/120 pretty frequently. 73 Mike R m: Lewis Phelps <[email protected]> To: "[email protected] List" <[email protected]> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 suddenly died Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 Georgia Mules and Country boys are fading fast away - The Osborne Brothers ______________________________________________________________ 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
