Many problems with 'RF in the shack' are caused by bad shield connections in PL259 plugs. It is also very typical for such problems to appear suddenly or intermittently.
So if the problem persists when the K3S is connected only to a dummy load, change the coax patch lead as well. 73 from Ian GM3SEK >-----Original Message----- >From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >Don Wilhelm >Sent: 03 February 2017 15:35 >To: Dale Martin; [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3S goes Keydown > >Dale, > >Try it on a dummy load instead or your antenna. >If the problem is "cured", then look for a problem in your antenna >system - RF is getting back into your shack. > >If the problem persists on the dummy load, contact K3support. > >73, >Don W3FPR > >On 2/3/2017 10:18 AM, Dale Martin wrote: > >> Last week, however, something unexpected happened: as soon as I keyed >the >> paddles or hit f1 to key the radio (CW), the radio went keydown. Only by >> running the power down below 50-70 watts does it finally key up. >______________________________________________________________ >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]
