This drove me nuts when I first got my K3S. After a few days of testing and reconfigurations, it turned out to be a firmware problem that has existed for years. You will never notice it in SSB modes and the dropout occurs in the spaces for CW. A definite annoyance for those of us using digital modes with transmit times longer than 15 seconds.
_________ 73, Jim - N4ST -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2015 20:54 To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Momentary no transmit I discovered a problem with my K3, s/n 83xx. With nothing but power and a dummy load connected to the K3, while in TUNE on 10 meters, PWR adjusted to 15 watts, the K3 momentarily stops transmitting every 15 seconds. When I push the TUNE button it starts transmitting. After 15 seconds the K3 momentarily stops transmitting for about a millisecond, again at 30 seconds, again at 45 seconds, and again at 60 seconds and so on. The same result in both CW and DATA modes. If I reduce the power to under 12 watts, the K3 transmits continually. Has anyone experienced or duplicated this characteristic with their K3? Thanks/73, Frank N7FN ______________________________________________________________ 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]
