I think I tracked the problem to a bad powerpole connection at the power 
supply. Anyway, It is working now.
Sorry Ed I was just about to give it to you:-)

Dave N1IX

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "N1IX" <n...@n1ix.com>
To: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 8:06 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Problem with 100W PA


>I noticed that my power output would not go above 80 watts on the display 
>so I finally decided run the "Calibrate Transmitter Gain" selection in the 
>K3 utility program.
> The 5 watt calibration runs fine with no problem. When I run the 50 watt 
> calibration I get a number of errors. The first is "CheckSwr: Unexpected 
> response "" to "DS;" State 151.
> Which is followed by a number of error messages.
> Now the K3 trips off whenever I try to use more than 40 watts.
> I have tried everything that I can think of.
> Both antenna connectors
> Two different dummy loads.
> Different cables both RS232 and Coax.
> Powercycle the K3.
> Even rebooting the computer.
> Has anyone else experienced this? Any suggestions?
>
> Dave N1IX
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