[Elecraft] K3 - ERR PL 1

[Brett Howard]

When was your K3 shipped?  If it was shipped before Dec 22, 2008 you may
need to apply this modification to your radio:
http://www.elecraft.com/K3/mods/ELECRAFT_Application_Note_KSYN3_ALC_Rev_A.pdf

~Brett (N7MG)

On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 21:02 -0400, Gary Smith 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?
> 
> Thanks,
> Gary
> KA1J
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