Is the KXV3 installed? If so have you tried pulling it?

Bob NW8L

On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 8:30 AM, Randy Downs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I guess I spoke to soon. All went together very well and seemed to work fine. 
> After a good nights sleep I woke up and  moved the radio off of my repair 
> bench on to my radio bench and hooked it up. All seemed ok until I went to 10 
> meters. I started hearing static crashes like I was on 80 or 160. I unhooked 
> the antenna and they were still there. Very random. Up to an S7 sometimes. 
> All mode only on 10 and 12 meters. Yep I used a wrist strap and a mat. I 
> brought them home from work. I have a nice Speidel stainless wrist strap. 
> Probably don't make them anymore! USA made! Anyway K3 rf board prints sheet 2 
> everybody. The noise goes away if I open W1 jumper by pulling the module. I 
> left the module out and jumped W1 and it comes back. If I pull W3 pa bypass, 
> (I believe this is the small pc board I pulled when I installed the 100w PA) 
> the noise is still there.I pulled the 100w pa and the lp board and it's still 
> there. Looks like it may be a problem around the t-r switch on the rf board. 
> The noise is totally random. Flexing, freezing or heating seems to do 
> nothing. It may be ok for 5 minutes and then do it for 5 minutes. I've 
> emailed support. Any others have any ideas?
> Randy
> K8RDD
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