Re: [Elecraft] K3 won't shut off, turns on by itself

2013-02-12 Thread Dave New, N8SBE
won't shut off, turns on by itself From: k...@juno.com k...@juno.com Date: Sat, January 05, 2013 9:58 am To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Please help. Last night my K3 worked perfectly. Power supply voltage 14volts and always shut off after rig. This morning, turned on power supply, k3 turns

[Elecraft] K3 won't shut off, turns on by itself

2013-01-05 Thread k...@juno.com
Please help. Last night my K3 worked perfectly. Power supply voltage 14volts and always shut off after rig. This morning, turned on power supply, k3 turns on by itself. Pushing the power button only blanks the screen, display backlighting stays on. What can cause this, tried unplugging

Re: [Elecraft] K3 won't shut off, turns on by itself

2013-01-05 Thread Don Wilhelm
Coy, That sounds like something is pulling the ACC connector pin 8 to ground (see Remote Power On in the manual). I would remove everything from the ACC connector as a quick test. If that does not stop it you will have to contact Elecraft support, but if it powers on normally with nothing

Re: [Elecraft] K3 won't shut off, turns on by itself

2013-01-05 Thread Dr. William J. Schmidt, II
Mine does the same thing except only when the PR6 (six meter preamp with the ON control jumper in the correct position for the K3) control is plugged into the ACC jack. I surmise that that possibly D4 (the diode that was added for the reported MOD: