When it was not transmitting and you were troubleshooting, did you cycle power?
73, Ed W0YK On Mar 9, 2017 5:54 AM, Dennis <[email protected]> wrote: > > In the middle of ARRL DX CW, my K3 stopped transmitting. It did not > shut off, it > would go into transmit and there were small flickers in ALC when the > meter was in > that position, but no power out. Pushing the TUNE button resulted in > the display > saying "0 watts". I played with it for several minutes, was > unsuccessful in restoring > any transmit capability, so subbed in the replacement rig and kept going. > > I brought my K3 home, plugged it in, connected a key and a dummy load, > and it > transmitted perfectly. No problems. I've used it about 3 hours since, > and there > have been no problems. > > First question, what could have happened to result in the no transmit state? > I will be using my K3 again this weekend in a contest. If the problem > happens again, what possible problems should I be looking for? Loose/ > intermittent cable attached to the synthesizer? > > Dennis W1UE > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
