I've been thinking about getting the K3, P3 and the amp but with all these problems I keep seeing I hesitate to purchase. I talked to a few owner that love the k3 so perhaps this is only a small group that has problems or do a lot of owners have these problems? I ned to know more before I shell out a lot of hard to dollars. Any suggestion fellows?
W7YKN On Monday, July 7, 2014 8:03 PM, Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: Bill, I cannot assure you that this is not some delayed effect of the lightning strike, However, try doing the TX Gain Calibration before anything else. You may want to run it 2 or 3 times if it does not help initially. If that does not correct it, you will have to contact support for further assistance. 73, Don W3FPR On 7/7/2014 10:09 PM, NZ0T wrote: > My K3 SN 1502 with MCU 4.83 is exhibiting a strange surge in transmit power > level. When the rig is keyed in CW with the power set all the way up power > output surges from a high of around 140 (!) watts down to 60 watts and back > in a rapid fashion. It is at it's worst on 30 meters shows at least a high > power spike on all bands except 160 and 80 before it settles down to around > 100 watts. If I turn the power down the cycling is much less severe but > there is still a leading spike of around 140 watts. I have tried reloading > the firmware with no luck. I have checked all my jumpers and connections > and they are fine and the rig does this even straight into a dummy load. My > power supply is an Astron RS-35M in great shape. > > I should mention that we suffered a lightning strike last Labor Day weekend > that took out my Ten Tec tuner, W2 wattmeter and a few other things but the > K3 was not affected at all and I hope this problem is not some delayed thing > from that strike! > > An ideas? The rig is almost six years old - maybe I need to open it up and > make sure screws are all tight? > > 73 Bill NZ0T > > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
