[Elecraft] P3 - KXV3 Gain Mod Question

2011-09-12 Thread Fred Jensen
Had a nice QSO with Dwayne, KE5EFY this AM and got quite a bit of my new P3 set up. It appears to me that everything is working as it should, I got S-units to appear on the ordinate [they mean more to me than dBm on HF], got a few Fn switches set, and he walked me through the PEAK/NOT PEAK

Re: [Elecraft] P3 - KXV3 Gain Mod Question

2011-09-12 Thread Bill W4ZV
I started building, I installed the KXV3 first, and had the K3 back on the air before I started the P3. In the P3 stuff, there was an IF Gain Mod, change one resistor on the K3 RF board. I had already re-installed the countable infinity of chassis screws into the K3, and screwing around

Re: [Elecraft] P3 - KXV3 Gain Mod Question

2011-09-12 Thread Matt Zilmer
You need it. Sorry. 73, matt W6NIA K3 #24 On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:51:30 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: I started building, I installed the KXV3 first, and had the K3 back on the air before I started the P3. In the P3 stuff, there was an IF Gain Mod, change one resistor on the K3 RF board. I had

Re: [Elecraft] P3 - KXV3 Gain Mod Question

2011-09-12 Thread Greg
Fred. An all important question... what is the see number of your K3? 73 Greg On Sep 12, 2011 3:17 PM, Fred Jensen k6...@foothill.net wrote: Had a nice QSO with Dwayne, KE5EFY this AM and got quite a bit of my new P3 set up. It appears to me that everything is working as it should, I got

Re: [Elecraft] P3 - KXV3 Gain Mod Question

2011-09-12 Thread Don Wilhelm
Fred, Look at that mod on the Elecraft website - click on the K3 Mods + Application Notes. There you will find that the mod has been included on all new K3s since about 9/01/2009. If your K3 is older than that, the mod is needed - if it is quite near that date, then you should do the test