Re: [Elecraft] Quick KAT3 question...

2011-11-14 Thread Shane DeSeranno
From the manual: If you do have a KAT3 installed, you can connect antennas to both ANT1 and ANT2; tap ANT to select. Holding ATU selects AUTO (autotune enabled) or BYPASS mode. In AUTO mode (ATU icon on), the antenna can be matched for best SWR by tapping ATU TUNE . Up to 30 ATU settings are

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Transmitter

2011-11-10 Thread Shane DeSeranno
Run through the wattmeter and TX gain calibration steps and try again. I had this same problem. -Original Message- From: Bill Thompson Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 9:54 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Transmitter My K3 is not transmitting. When I try to

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Transmitter Gain Cal Failure at 1mW with KXV3a

2011-10-21 Thread Shane DeSeranno
If you have an external wattmeter (a lot of antenna tuners/dummy loads should have this), then go through the wattmeter calibrations to ensure your internal wattmeter is reading correctly. -Original Message- From: n2...@aol.com Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 7:54 PM To:

[Elecraft] [K3] Problems abound

2011-10-17 Thread Shane DeSeranno
Hello everyone, I’m a newer K3 owner and I’m loving the heck out of the device, but recently I noticed a strange problem. It started behaving as though my MIC wasn’t working correctly. [All tests from this point out will be into a DUMMY LOAD that is rated up to 300W.] I would notice that

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Problems abound

2011-10-17 Thread Shane DeSeranno
Thank you everyone for your replies. Gary from Elecraft was awesome to chime in... He had me check a number of things, but I think the core problem was the wattmeter needed to be calibrated. Disconnect any RS232 connection and PC software control. Redo the WMTR menu calibration. When in WMTR