Re: [Elecraft] K3S losing swr-wattmeters indications on tx - please help

2016-06-20 Thread Charles Johnson
I experienced this very problem when I upgraded my K3 to the new synthesizers. The problem would go away if I took out the new synthesizers and reinstalled the old ones. I contacted Wayne about this issue and finally narrowed it down to “key bounce”. I was using high quality keys such as

Re: [Elecraft] K3S losing swr-wattmeters indications on tx - please help

2016-06-19 Thread lstavenhagen
Yes, both my K3 and a K3s do this when I key them with my bugs or with my straight key. Even my K2's will behave strangely, though not quite as bad as the K3 and s. It's not a problem with the rig; it's just a contact bounce issue, so you'll just need a debouncing circuit. Either an external keyer

[Elecraft] K3S losing swr-wattmeters indications on tx - please help

2016-06-19 Thread IK4EWX
I own a great K3S from a pair of months. It work great, dx, qsos, contest (just worked CQWPX, 1200 qsos). Just after bought it, sometime on cw transmission the swr-rf indications, the moving black dots, gone all blanked, all on the swr and on RF indications. I thought about rfi problems, but it