John:
If you sent this info to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, I suspect that you
will be hearing from someone very soon with help. If you didn't send it
to that address, I suggest that you do.
73,
Ken K3IU
K3 #202
John wrote:
Has anybody on the list seen either of these problems. This is a copy
of what I sent to the service dept.
received K3/10 kit on Feb 28, Ser#501.
Assembly went well. I have assembled two K2's and a K1 with no
problems. I used an anti static mat and wrist band throughout assembly.
Problem#1
Upon power up, the K3 will not recognize the KAT3. I receive the ERR
IO1 msg. I removed the KAT3, powered up and did not get the ERR IO1
msg. Reinstalled the KAT3, power up, get the ERR IO1 msg. I went
through the configuration steps, no help. I tried switching between
ant 1&2, and received a ATU not installed msg. Assume a faulty KAT3?
Problem#2
This one is a booger. I have a horrible S8 to S9 plus noise (sounds
like line noise), at various places throughout the 1.8 to at least 25
mhz. It shows up on the 160 thru 40 hams bands, misses 30M, shows up
again on 20M and 17M, misses 15M, shows up on 12M, clean on 10 &6M.
Using a non metallic tuning tool, if I put pressure on the little
mixer board I can cause it to go away or change. The sensitive area is
the component, looks like a transistor, three leads, that looks like a
pop rivet in the center. lower left on the board when looking in from
the front. I can't read a component number on the board. If I put
pressure on this component I can cause the noise to go away, or shift
off the freq I'm listening to. I removed, inspected, and reinstalled
the mixer board a couple of times, no change. The noise must be being
generated prior to the roofing filters because changing the filters
has effect on the noise, DSP does too.
There are no external antenna connections, the only connection to the
K3 is the power. The PS is a Astron and it powers my K2's and K1, so
it's not PS noise.
If you want, I can phone you and let you listen to the noise.....
Did I get the lemon?
John
k7up
K3, almost, maybe
K2's 2012, 2223
K1 637
Things are more like they are now then they've ever been before.
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