Iain & Brett, Thanks for the speedy replies. I will check it out. I did get my K3 right around Dec 20 08 (my birthday). What is interesting is this has never come up before and I have used the K3 utility to calibrate several times. I did make a few 24MHz contacts in March so it was working fine then.
I do have the 2nd Rx & always hate to have to remove things any more than necessary but I do need this working. Thanks for the link to peruse. 73, Gary KA1J > When was your K3 shipped? If it was shipped before Dec 22, 2008 you may > need to apply this modification to your radio: > http://www.elecraft.com/K3/mods/ELECRAFT_Application_Note_KSYN3_ALC_Rev_A.pdf > > ~Brett (N7MG) > > On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 21:02 -0400, Gary Smith wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Haven't been on the air much, the K3 has been unplugged & antennae > > disconnected just to protect against lightning possibilities. Last I > > used the rig, I was mostly on the lower bands, rarely 15 meters or > > above. > > > > just for fun I went to check my butternut HF9V to see if there were > > any issues on the bands and when I went to 12 meters I get ERR PL 1 > > and on 10 meters I get the same flash message and there's no > > transmit. 6 meters is fine as are all other bands. this is confined > > to 12 & 10 meters. > > > > I reloaded the current firmware and get the same result. I used the > > elecraft utility to calibrate the transmit thinking that might be the > > issue but it failed when it got to 24Mhz. > > > > Idears? > > > > Thanks, > > Gary > > KA1J > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

