[Elecraft] K3 Mystery Problem

[w6jd at comcast.net]

Yes, I've got 1.49. The new NR is terrific.
I only mentioned the SUB receiver situation since in
my case it WAS the problem and it only occured
on the initial firmware that came with the radio.

73,
Doug

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft" <eric at elecraft.com> 

> This issue was fixed many firmware revisions ago. :-) 
> 
> Doug - Make sure you are using the latest release. 
> 
> 73, Eric 
> ---- 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> > From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> > [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of w6jd at comcast.net 
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 11:55 AM 
> > To: David Yarnes; Elecraft Reflector 
> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Mystery Problem 
> > 
> > I had this problem with #23, when I initially powered it on you 
> > couldn't power it off with the power switch. The cause turned\out to be 
> > that I had turned the sub receiver AF and RF gain controls full 
> > clockwise and through some quirk in the firmware, since there was 
> > no SUB receiver, the power off function was inhibited. The solution 
> > was to turn those controls full CCW. Wayne was the one who spent 
> > a lot of time with me solving the problem. 
> > 
> > So you might want to check that, I haven't tested to see if the problem 
> > recurs in mine if I move the controls off CCW. 
> > 
> > Ah, brings me back to my software/firmware development days. 
> > There are NO bugs, only "features" 
> > 
> > Doug 
> > W6JD 
> > 
> >