[Elecraft] K3 - Dead RX after TX

Jerry Flanders jeflanders at comcast.net
Mon Apr 28 14:11:04 EDT 2008


K3 newbie here. Tried to test using your sequence, but stopped at the 
SAV ALT1 command. My (USA Version) K3 does not have such  button(s) 
or entries in MAIN or CONFIG,  and the Operators manual does not even 
have an entry for that/those commands. Help.

Jerry W4UK

At 01:30 PM 4/28/2008, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>I have been experiencing a strange problem on my K3 where the
>receiver is sometimes 'dead' after transmit. This seems to be tied
>in with the MCU control of the DSP.
>
>To prove that this is either unique or not to my unit, I would be
>grateful if fellow K3 owners could try this quick test.
>
>In particular I would like to hear from Beta Testers as to whether
>they can replicate this problem with the next (unreleased)
>firmware.
>
>POWER
>80m LSB 3780
>NOR
>LO CUT=0.15
>SAV ALT1
>NOR
>TX ON/OFF
>ALT1
>TX ON/OFF
>Receive may be dead at this point
>
>If not continue with
>Select USB
>ALT1
>TX ON/OFF
>Receive dead
>
>Switching bands, modes or NOR always restores receiver.
>
>Many thanks in advance.
>
>73
>Stewart G3RXQ
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