[Elecraft] K3: A funny thing happened

[Phil & Debbie Salas]

"I was on 30m cw, swr about 1.1 when suddenly I noticed my output drop from
100W to about 40W and the swr had risen to 4 or so."

Do you have a KAT3 installed?  Doesn't matter if it was bypassed or not. 
Several of us have had similar problems.  In my case, this occurred on 20 
meters, and then again on 30 meters.  And while the SWR wound up recovering 
OK on those bands, I wound up with a residual SWR on 17-10 meters that would 
not go away - and I only resolved this by having the KAT3 replaced.

I bring this up each time someone reports something similar, as I believe 
there is something here that needs to be addressed.

Phil - AD5X