Re: [Elecraft] K3 receiver troubleshooting

2014-07-17 Thread Rick Stealey
on the bench. From: k2av@gmail.com Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 16:06:24 -0400 Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 receiver troubleshooting To: rstea...@hotmail.com CC: elecraft@mailman.qth.net On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Rick Stealey rstea...@hotmail.com wrote: Thanks to all who offered helpful

Re: [Elecraft] K3 receiver troubleshooting

2014-07-17 Thread Eric Ross
@gmail.com Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 16:06:24 -0400 Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 receiver troubleshooting To: rstea...@hotmail.com CC: elecraft@mailman.qth.net On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Rick Stealey rstea...@hotmail.com wrote: Thanks to all who offered helpful suggestions

Re: [Elecraft] K3 receiver troubleshooting

2014-07-17 Thread Eric Ross
The answer was obvious and I was dense. Thank you, Eric, wb7sde On Thu, Jul 17, 2014, at 10:29 AM, Nr4c wrote: How about the XG3? Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill On Jul 17, 2014, at 11:43 AM, Eric Ross e...@evross.com wrote: Just curious. What does anyone recommend for a

[Elecraft] K3 receiver troubleshooting

2014-07-16 Thread Rick Stealey
Yesterday I posted about extremely low receiver sensitivity on my K3, at both the main antenna input and the receive input on the KXV3 module. A buddy helped me this morning and we found the problem. In doing the circuit diagnosis, and we are both somewhat experienced in technical matters, we

Re: [Elecraft] K3 receiver troubleshooting

2014-07-16 Thread Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT
On 7/16/2014 7:58 AM, Rick Stealey wrote: They were all via email - you notice there were no helpful postings on the reflector. Something that is very disappointing to all of us on the list. __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft] K3 receiver troubleshooting

2014-07-16 Thread Bill via Elecraft
Thanks to all who offered helpful suggestions.  They were all via email - you notice there were no helpful postings on the reflector.  Anyway, it's working again and I'm a happy camper. So Rick..  now that you are happy what was the trouble that you found?? Bill - K6WLM

Re: [Elecraft] K3 receiver troubleshooting

2014-07-16 Thread tom armour
Also how did you fix it? Tom - wa4ta Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 09:59:20 -0700 To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft] K3 receiver troubleshooting From: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Thanks to all who offered helpful suggestions. They were all via email - you notice

Re: [Elecraft] K3 receiver troubleshooting

2014-07-16 Thread Ian White
The schematics in the PDF document are completely searchable - right down to the individual part numbers, named signals and connector pins. 73 from Ian GM3SEK __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] K3 receiver troubleshooting

2014-07-16 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Rick Stealey rstea...@hotmail.com wrote: Thanks to all who offered helpful suggestions. They were all via email - you notice there were no helpful postings on the reflector. Anyway, it's working again and I'm a happy camper. I note you did not post what

[Elecraft] K3 Receiver troubleshooting

2014-07-15 Thread Rick Stealey
My K3 suffered a sudden loss of sensitivity this morning. Yes, there was lightning last night. The antenna input was grounded in an antenna switch but the receive antenna port was connected to a Beverage. It appears to be normal in every other way. Transmitter ok. Receiver functions work,