Hmmm ... that went from the question, "Has anyone seen these" to
"Elecraft ships gear full of bugs" awfully fast. :-))
In answer to the question and #1, I just tried it and my K3 [S/N 642]
doesn't do what you describe. If I understand #2 right, your's quit
doing it too.
In answer to the question and #2, since mine has never done it, I can't
duplicate it.
The K3 has a complex algorithm and state diagram for what gets
"remembered" when going from one state to the next. There are an almost
countable infinity of possible states. It takes awhile to become
familiar with it, even for just your normal operating which for most
people means a tiny fraction of the possible state changes. Also, like
all things electronic these days, turning your K3 off with the front
panel button and removing all power are *not* the same thing.
Early on with mine, I lost 30 meters. SWR on TX was infinite and no
signals or band noise, any mode. All the other bands/modes seemed to be
normal. Wayne [yes, co-owner of the company and designer of the radio]
called me, and starting simple, asked me which antenna was selected on
30 meters. Somewhere in all the button-poking/menu-exploration I'd been
doing to learn about my new radio, I'd selected ANT 2 on 30 meters which
it dutifully remembered, and when I re-selected ANT 1 for 30 ... I
became a very happy but really embarrassed ham. Over the years, others
have confessed to these sorts of technical difficulties in their minds
on this list. As time has passed, I've amassed a collection of such
things in my station notebook ... they've all been pilot problems. One
deserves mention --
I noticed that when I pushed or held a button, something unrelated to
what I was trying to do would occasionally happen. "There must be
something wrong with my front panel switch matrix," right? Well ... no.
The K3 is not in the heavyweight class of radios and we all know who's
weigh 60 lbs. Fooling around, I tried holding the K3 while I selected
buttons and all was well. It and the P3 now have little tabs
double-sided moulding tape under the front feet, they do not move on the
shelf when I tap/hold, and my front panel switch matrix is actually just
fine.
If your problems persist, [email protected] is amazingly good. So is
a lot of the advice on this list, especially from a number who really
know, you'll soon figure out who they are. Fred Cady's manual is also a
huge resource if you don't already have it.
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015
- www.cqp.org
On 1/15/2015 3:05 PM, dave wrote:
Recently purchased a K3 kit. Have noted a couple of bugs. Wonder if
anyone else has seen these:
1) After I put the kit together, while doing the testing, I noted that
if I cycled through the modes via the left side of the mode button (mode
dn), every time it went into AM mode it keyed the TX for a second or
maybe two. Did not do this when pressing the right side of the mode
button (mode up) and going into AM. This was not simply lighting the TX
light. The external power meter confirmed that RF was being generated.
All other changes of mode appeared to be fine.
2) Just now turned the K3 on. Switched to 80m. Mode was CW before and
after the change of bands. After a few seconds I noted there was no
audio coming from the speaker. Switched to 60m (USB), audio. Switched to
40m (CW), audio. Switched back to 80, no audio. Cycled through the
modes. Audio was heard on LSB, AM, Data, and suddenly audio was heard on
80m CW. And . . . while cycling through the modes I noted that the TX
was no longer keyed when switching to AM via the mode dn button.
Are these bugs related? Has anyone else seen either of these?
I'd really like to see Elecraft spend the necessary effort to thoroughly
debug the K3 before spending much effort adding features that only a
handful of ops will ever use.
73 de dave
ab9ca/4
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