I'd think that was the case, except it also does it at the lower power output levels (3W, 5W.) A real mystery. I will be taking the PA out of the circuit, however, and will report out.
On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 5:21 PM, kevino z <z_kev...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I think when you switch from the KX3 to the KXPA100 during transmit (by > crossing the - I believe - 12w threshold) it also reboots the kx3 > > ----- > The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of > doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence. > > On Mar 21, 2017, at 14:49, rich hurd WC3T <r...@wc3t.us> wrote: > > Okay, here's an odd one and I couldn't find any suggestions in the archives > or using Google-fu. > > I can run any mode with my KX3/PX3/KXPA100 station with no incident except > for JT modes; using WSJT-X, I will complete a Tx cycle and randomly the KX3 > will bounce (power off/power on.) > 9 times out of 10, I'm operating at 3W. I'll sometimes bump to 5. To > test this, I have also bumped it to 11 watts to kick the amp in and I get > the same reaction; that is, sometimes (but not always) the station just > decides it's had enough and the power bounces. Power supply is a Samlex > SEC-1223. > > ALC is within tolerance, MIC BTN is off, it's operating in DATA A and VOX > is set on. > > I'm kind of running out of things to try. Any thoughts? > > BTW, I am getting out there; PSKReporter shows activity so I'm putting the > fire in the wire. It's just this power thing is flakey. > > -- > 73 (or 72 for the QRP folks), > Rich Hurd / WC3T > Northampton County RACES > EPA-ARRL Public Information Officer for Scouting > Latitude: 40.761621 Longitude: -75.288988 Grid: *FN20is* > 40°45.68' N 75°17.33' W > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to z_kev...@hotmail.com > > -- 73 (or 72 for the QRP folks), Rich Hurd / WC3T Northampton County RACES EPA-ARRL Public Information Officer for Scouting Latitude: 40.761621 Longitude: -75.288988 Grid: *FN20is* 40°45.68' N 75°17.33' W ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
