[Elecraft] K3 BATT LOW

2014-03-08 Thread ray.fallen
Hi... Getting this message in the VFO-B area. Can't find reference to the battery in the K3 Owner's Manual or KE7X's book. Can somebody shed some light on this for me? Thanks, Ray - ND8L K3-S/N 6150 KPA500 - being built __ Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] K3 BATT LOW

2014-03-08 Thread Mike Reublin
In the K3 manual look for the entry on p54 (CONFIG) BAT MIN. 73, Mike NF4L On Mar 8, 2014, at 8:44 PM, ray.fallen ray.fal...@gmail.com wrote: Hi... Getting this message in the VFO-B area. Can't find reference to the battery in the K3 Owner's Manual or KE7X's book. Can somebody shed

Re: [Elecraft] K3 BATT LOW

2014-03-08 Thread Sam Morgan
Page 54 of K3 manual BAT MIN 11.0 Low-battery warning threshold; 11.0 recommended. (This refers to a battery used as the K3’s DC power supply, not to the 3-V backup battery for the real-time clock.) If the voltage drops below this level, the operator will be alerted with a BAT LOW message.

Re: [Elecraft] K3 BATT LOW

2014-03-08 Thread ray.fallen
Reset power connector...all is well. Sorry for the bandwidth. Work on KPA500 continues. 73, Ray - ND8L On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 8:44 PM, ray.fallen ray.fal...@gmail.com wrote: Hi... Getting this message in the VFO-B area. Can't find reference to the battery in the K3 Owner's Manual or

Re: [Elecraft] K3 BATT LOW

2014-03-08 Thread Ed Muns
This message means that the nominal 12 VDC supply voltage has dropped below the minimum value set in CONFIG. It is often an intermittent connection in the 12 VDC line. The error message is misleading and confusing to most of us. However, QRPers will get it because they are used to running their