I successfully replaced the antenna TMP jack on the K144XV and it seemed to be working. However, I soon found while I had indeed repaired the jack, the xvrtr would sometimes work and then at other times produce no output at all. After some more controlled tests (change coax patch cables, cables, etc.) I finally was able to recreate the problem at will. It turns out when the K3 is tuned to the 144 MHz band, the xvrtr works, displaying 10 watts output on my external PWR meter. But as several seconds go by, it starts to lose output until it goes down to zero. Left on the 2 meter band, the power never comes back. But if I change the K3 to another band, say 3.5 MHz, in a matter of a couple of minutes the xvrtr revives itself and I can get full output on the 144 band again. Then it slowly loses power whether or not I am transmitting. So just having the K3 on the 2 meter band causes the xvrtr to somehow lose output, not even having to transmit.
I installed the K144XV in February of 2014 but never actually used it because I never heard a signal on 2 meters CW or SSB in this area. I recently installed a FM filter, and decided to start using the xvrtr on local repeaters. That is when I discovered the problem. Anyone else have this experience? I have reloaded the K3 (v. 5.50) and K144XV (v. 104) firmware without any improvement. I am getting ready to send the xvrtr to Elecraft. Any reason I should send in the K3 as well? The K3 shows no change in operation during all of this. Thanks 73 ..mike AI6II -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-internal-144NHz-xvrtr-no-output-tp7620622p7621118.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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]
