[Elecraft] P3 trouble

[Wes Stewart]

The first idea that leaps to mind is that your power supply can't supply the combined load.

What are you doing to recycle?

Wes  N7WS

--- On Sun, 12/26/10, Hunsdon Cary III <h3cary at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Hunsdon Cary III <h3cary at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Elecraft] P3 trouble
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sunday, December 26, 2010, 3:36 PM
> Reflector:
>     My P3 Panadpter #888 went together like
> clockwork in a few hours earlier today.  On receive it
> does as advertised and the display is beautiful.
>     HOWEVER, when I transmit with my K3-100
> on SSB, after 2 seconds or less, the power to the K3 and the
> P3 cuts off; when power to the P3 is off, the K3 transmits
> A-OK.
>     I have checked to be sure that my cables
> are properly connected and they are...the P3 is drawing
> power from the 12VDC jack on the rear of the K3.
>     Any ideas on what might be causing this
> problem....BTW, I used an antistatic mat and was grounded
> during the assembly process.
>     Any help will be appreciated!
>     73,
>     "H" Cary, K4TM