[Elecraft] K3 - ERR PL 1

[Iain MacDonnell - N6ML]

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 1:02 AM, Gary Smith <Gary at ka1j.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Haven't been on the air much, the K3 has been unplugged & antennae
> disconnected just to protect against lightning possibilities. Last I
> used the rig, I was mostly on the lower bands, rarely 15 meters or
> above.
>
> just for fun I went to check my butternut HF9V to see if there were
> any issues on the bands and when I went to 12 meters I get ERR PL 1
> and on 10 meters I get the same flash message and there's no
> transmit. 6 meters is fine as are all other bands. this is confined
> to 12 & 10 meters.
>
> I reloaded the current firmware and get the same result. I used the
> elecraft utility to calibrate the transmit thinking that might be the
> issue but it failed when it got to 24Mhz.
>
> Idears?

You might need to do this:

http://www.elecraft.com/K3/mods/ELECRAFT_Application_Note_KSYN3_ALC_Rev_A.pdf

but k3support [at] elecraft.com might have better ideas too...

GL!

    ~Iain / N6ML