[Elecraft] K3 #77 yet another problem

Doug Person doug at northroutt.net
Thu Nov 22 18:00:30 EST 2007


I re-did the XMIT GAIN.  That was it.  I had some trouble with the 
firmware download prior to operating. I did not redo it after installing 
the KPA3. All is well now.  Thanks for all the relies.

73, Doug -- K0DXV
K3/100 #77

Leigh L Klotz, Jr. wrote:
> Did you do the 5W and 50W XMIT GAIN calbration on all bands?  For me, 
> that was the problem.  Also check the MIC SEL setting for r.H instead 
> of r.L if you need more mic gain.
> Leigh/WA5ZNU
> On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 1:36 pm, Doug Person wrote:
>> Again, maybe I missed something - but this seems pretty 
>> straightforward. Plugged a mic into the back mic jack, set bias, vox 
>> gain and anti-vox.  All seems correct. and the vox kicks transmitter 
>> on perfectly.  If I hit tune button I get full 100 watts out. But if 
>> I speak into the mic I get maybe 1/2 watt out.  CMP and ALC show lots 
>> of audio - just as the book says it should.  Everything seems 
>> adjusted correctly - just no output on SSB.
>>
>> Doug -- K0DXV
>> K3/100 #77
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