Steve, There was a 'safety valve' added to the K3 a while back that prevented RF if the K3 was turned on while PTT or a closed Key was found. Apparently, the timing of both the K3 power on and your PC boot were close enough to activate that 'safety valve', but in an unusual manner.
Note 'safety valve' is a label of my invention - you will not find that term in the manual. 73, Don W3FPR Steve Ellington wrote: > Yesterday I changed PTT-KEY to OFF- DTR so Logger32 would be able to key via > RS232. Worked great however this morning, with the K3 turned on, I booted > the PC. During boot, the K3 emitted about 3 sidetone beeps. Later when I > tried to key the K3 via direct paddles I got zero power out. Turning the PWR > knob revealed that Power had been reduced to the zero setting. I turned up > the PWR via the knob and all was well. I guess this proves the importance of > first booting the PC then turning on the K3. > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
