Fred, The front panel ground patch has fixed all of the problems associated with using biased element microphones that I am aware of. The original three K3s affected were SN 690, 728 and 729. Since then several others have complained about the same problems, although I haven't heard if the patch worked for them.
The symptoms on my K3 were exactly the same as on yours when I used the Elecraft Proset. Additional problems surfaced when using the Elecraft MH2 hand mike. All of these abnormalities vanished when I grounded (with one small wire) the two capacitors that have the missing ground trace on the front panel board. These are bypass capacitors by the way, not blocking. An official field repair notice is expected soon from Elecraft. 73 Gary, N7IR K3/100 729 K2/100 2154 K2 1078 and 3463 Central Arizona DX Association 7th Call Area QSO Party (7qp.org). Tomorrow May 3 1300Z - May 4 0700Z _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
