Open up the radio and remove one cell from the battery. Now put the cell back in. Radio should power now.
Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On May 11, 2020, at 8:18 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Elecraft brain trust, > My KX3 seems to have an issue. It will not "boot > up". The power on key combination, on the second quick attempt gets the > back-lights to power on, initially at a dim value, which then drops to a > very-dim setting. It was working fine 3 weeks ago, when I was working /P. > > This problem manifests itself with the Batteries installed and the DC > Power connected. It is exactly the same in both cases. > > > So far I have checked > - Input Power. Centre positive. Voltage 14v > - Internal Connection cable > Appears well seated. > - Batteries. > Removed them all. Same result > Externally charged - then replaced in radio. Same result. > - Soft buttons on radio > Non appear depressed > -Dials on radio > All rotate/Depress where applicable. no obvious damage. > - No Usb Connection possible as the radio does not power up > - EE-INIT also seemingly not possible > > Next steps / What have I missed ?? Or is it time for Tech-Support ?? > > Many thanks > > Tim, DU3TW > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
