[Elecraft] Is this another K3 glitch???

[Fred Jensen]

Greg - AB7R wrote:
> Could you have selected ANT2 or the RX ANT on 20M?  The K3 remembers
> these by band so it could be set wrong on 20M and correct on the
> other bands.

Early on, my K3 seemed to go deaf on 30m, and the tuner couldn't find a 
match.  Fine on all the other bands.  After putting the fire out in my 
hair [small fire, not much hair left], I finally emailed Elecraft. 
After some diagnosing, Wayne emailed me for my phone number and a time 
to call.  On schedule, the President of the company called me, we 
reviewed the symptoms, and he said [I can remember this like it was 
yesterday], "Let's start with the simple stuff.  On 20, which ANT is 
selected?"  I told him ANT1.  "Now switch to 30m and tell me what you 
see."  I was already wanting to curl up and disappear, it was ANT2 of 
course.  One tap and I was in business.

Moral:  There's a lot of info on that big display, and some of the 
indicators are a little small.  With all the per-band and per-mode 
memory in the gizmo, it's easy to change something, not realize it at 
the time, and then wonder if your radio is fried later on.

73,

Fred K6DGW
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