Guy, thanks for the tip. I will give it a try. A relay in the kxv3 rev 2 failed, an Omron part. It is now obsolete. Elecraft sells a new rev 3 version of the kxv3 for $88 as an upgrade. You trade in your defective module.
The failure occurred during the night that we had electrical storms so I assumed some solid state part in the rx path had probably gotten zapped. But we could inject a weak signal after the kxv3 and hear it, but not before it. Of course that sounds like a simple diagnosis, and it is when you are reading the final outcome, but not when your rig is spread out on the bench. > From: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 16:06:24 -0400 > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 receiver troubleshooting > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Rick Stealey <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks to all who offered helpful suggestions. They were all via email - > > you notice there were no helpful postings on the reflector. Anyway, it's > > working again and I'm a happy camper. > > I note you did not post what the actual solution was. You are the only > source for that information. > > Just a reminder that the Elecraft reflector is not an Elecraft > technical support email address. While Elecraft employees may post > here from time to time to answer email on the reflector, there is no > guarantee that Elecraft employees or Elecraft owners will answer a > particular question. For Elecraft help from Elecraft employees one > should use [email protected] or [email protected] with issues. > These emails are answered during normal business days and hours. > > Reflector readers are not under contract to Elecraft to answer posts, > nor is there a requirement that someone who does answer a reflector > post must do so on the reflector. > > Personally, I rarely offer help across this or any other reflector any > more, because it is too hard to keep track of helping email threads. I > set up a new folder with an intelligent name for a corresponder with > filters to put new mail from him/her in that folder. Not putting that > help conversation on the reflector also avoids trash talk (both on and > off reflector) from a certain kind of reflector user which otherwise > is a real and ugly disincentive. I will sometimes convert to telephone > conversations if the writing becomes too complex. All that goes on > without a clue on a reflector I was there. > > I would say that it's up to the person who asked for help to post the > eventual solution on the reflector. This makes the answer compact and > only relates the answer that actually worked. And it cuts down on > noise when someone is later searching archives for a solution. > > Clearly those who answered you off-reflector saw the post on the > reflector and so it would seem to me that the Elecraft reflector > worked well. But email correspondence is no match for a technical > buddy with test equipment working right there with you on the physical > equipment. :>) > > As to the schematics, using the current Adobe Reader to display the > schematic PDF's, the search function will find all the occurrences of > a wire label very quickly. I have found Elecraft schematics **very > easy** to navigate and use with Adobe Reader. I decidedly prefer > Elecraft schems to the microscopic lines in the paper schematic of my > FT1000MP, and having to pencil trace a wire as it snakes around the > page. > > To find the KXV3, bring up the June, 2010 version of the K3 schematic > PDF with a current Adobe Reader. Hit CTRL-F. This will bring up a blue > "find" window at the upper right. Type in kxv3 and hit <enter>. You > can repeat the search to see every instance of the characters kxv3 > (case insensitive) anywhere in the PDF. > > Huge help in chasing stuff in PDF schematics. > > 73, and glad you found the trouble. > > Guy K2AV ______________________________________________________________ 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]
