This message means that the nominal 12 VDC supply voltage has dropped below the minimum value set in CONFIG. It is often an intermittent connection in the 12 VDC line.
The error message is misleading and confusing to most of us. However, QRPers will "get it" because they are used to running their rigs off batteries. Chief K3 Engineer N6KR is a QRPer. ;>) In my February Aruba trip, one of our K3s flashed this message. I searched the K3 Operators Manual PDF and found only one reference to "batt" which was the CR2032 real time clock battery. When the K3 finally shut off entirely after that message about 24 hours into ARRL DX CW, I went off-line and replaced the CR2032. Of course, that wasn't the problem. Finally thinking to Google the problem led to prior threads on this reflector about the real problem. Futzing with the connections to the 12 VDC supply for that K3 fixed the problem. I agree, that it would be great for both the K3 Operators Manual and Fred's book to cover this error message. Ed W0YK ********************************************************** Ray ND8L wrote: Getting this message in the VFO-B area. Can't find reference to the battery in the K3 Owner's Manual or KE7X's book. Can somebody shed some light on this for me? ______________________________________________________________ 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
