I had a similar issue with my K3, it only happened on 15M. It got even
worse with my KPA500 in operate mode. I removed everything but a dummy
load and then started adding things back-RX antenna, KPA500, P3, etc... In
my case, it turned out to be the mic cable pigtail. I put about a pound of
On 7/7/2014 10:41 PM, Scott Manthe wrote:
because of this forum, if you have an issue, you might very well find
yourself asking the person who designed your rig if there's a way to
fix it.
Not only that, but the two OWNERS of the company read this list every
day, and chime in with advice
In a recent message, Jim Brown j...@audiosystemsgroup.com writes
There will be a bunch of K3s in the international WRTC competition in
New England next weekend, and Elecraft is sending at least one of their
best engineers (who was a competitor at WRTC in Russia 4 years ago) to
support those
On 08/07/2014 06:41, Scott Manthe wrote:
The great thing about owning a K3 is this forum. If you have a
problem, there is a community of owners, including numerous
representatives from the company that makes the rig, there to help
you. I'm still looking for the Yaesu or Icom forum in which
Hi Ray
I could conclude that in USA are killing universities judging by the
news I see on TV, but reality is different, there are hundreds of
millions of people living normal healthy lives and peace. This mailing
list accumulates questions and issues, then probably you inbox will be
flooded of
I should add that after my OP I got the ERROR TXG which indicates a problem
with bandpass filters. I have emailed support about this. I will try the
TX calibration tonight after work.
For the poster expressing concern about the reliability of the K3 - I built
my K3 in August 2008 and it has
Ray,
Count the number of problems you see posted here (or in the archives) in
a month or even a year. Try not to count those that are requests for
how do I do ... assistance. I think you should also discount the my
shack was hit with a lightning surge reports as well, but that is up to
Hi,
I think when reading about all the problems, you need to keep in mind that
the vast majority of Elecraft owners do NOT experience problems. Those of us
that are not having a problem do not get on the list to mention we are not
having problems.
If memory servers me correctly, this problem
There are nearly 8,000 K3's out there. And yes, issues come up. But they are
not systemic. The K3 is a very flexible radio and can be configured to work to
suit the owner/operator. I believe you will be very pleased with it if you
choose to buy one.
All current HF rigs work quite well and
I have to agree. Remember, we generally only hear about the failures -
not the multitude of successes.
For the most part the questions asked on the reflector are good and the
replies could be of value to the reflector users if:
1. the replies are on topic
2. the replies are not too lengthy
My friend and I had similar power surge issue with our brand new K3. Having
thoroughly made trouble shooting, we found the cause mostly coming from outside
K3 or some glitch on constructing K3. I would recommend to carefully check your
entire system including coaxial cable to your antenna
On 7/8/2014 12:37 AM, David G4DMP wrote:
How many K3s are there in a 'bunch', Jim?
Last time around, four years ago in Russia, something like 60% of the
radios were K3s.
The implication would appear to suggest that there are likely to be
problems requiring a best Elecraft engineer to fix
That's the implication because we as a society have an amazing ability
to spin something like this in the worst possible way.
I can think of a few dozen other reasons that aren't as dire.
It's one of the reasons that most amateur radio companies don't have a
forum like this, and the owners
David G4DMP wrote:
How many K3s are there in a 'bunch', Jim?
I don't know how many K3s will be there. At one time it represented something
like 50% of the total. At 9 pounds, it's pretty easy to take a K3 anywhere.
The implication would appear to suggest that there are likely to be
And Bob is officially representing us there to answer questions from both the
WRTC K3 users and potential K3 buyers. We want the other 50% to be future K3
owners too! :-)
Eric
elecraft.com
On 7/8/2014 8:42 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
David G4DMP wrote:
How many K3s are there in a 'bunch',
I had an email from support at about 9:30 Central. Asked me to tighten the
screws on the bottom panel that go to the LPA.Then perform the TX gain
calibration. The rig worked perfectly after I tightened the screws but did
the calibration to be safe and passed with flying colors.
Great
Elecraft support might be better than great. Perhaps unequaled or
awesome.
I've been part of a medium-audience product and given really good support to
customers large and small (from IBM and HP to small universities at a 50%
discount). We had something upwards of 10K customers over a 10+
Hardly. That's got to be one of the silliest extrapolations I've seen
in a very long time. The much more plausible implication, especially
considering the history of the several thousand K3's that have seen
pretty hard service around the globe, is that Elecraft wants to gain
bonus points
Oh... I see ... just another screw loose...
;-)
== K8JHR ===
On 7/8/2014 7:52 PM, NZ0T wrote:
The rig worked perfectly after I tightened the screws but did
the calibration to be safe and passed with flying colors.
My K3 SN 1502 with MCU 4.83 is exhibiting a strange surge in transmit power
level. When the rig is keyed in CW with the power set all the way up power
output surges from a high of around 140 (!) watts down to 60 watts and back
in a rapid fashion. It is at it's worst on 30 meters shows at least
Bill,
I cannot assure you that this is not some delayed effect of the
lightning strike,
However, try doing the TX Gain Calibration before anything else. You may
want to run it 2 or 3 times if it does not help initially.
If that does not correct it, you will have to contact support for
I've been thinking about getting the K3, P3 and the amp but with all these
problems I keep seeing I hesitate to purchase. I talked to a few owner that
love the k3 so perhaps this is only a small group that has problems or do a lot
of owners have these problems? I ned to know more before I shell
Ray -
One of the great things about this list is that when a person does have a
problem with an Elecraft product, there are a large number of users willing
to help resolve such issues. Also, please remember, that for most of us,
if our rig is working as we want it to, we are not likely to say
There are more than 8,000 K3s out there. What percentage do you think
are exhibiting problems? The great thing about owning a K3 is this
forum. If you have a problem, there is a community of owners, including
numerous representatives from the company that makes the rig, there to
help you. I'm
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