[Elecraft] Is this another K3 glitch???

[Rick Prather]

You're a big man Fred!   :-)


Rick
K6LE

On 6/28/2010, at 4:51 , Fred Jensen wrote:

> 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
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 2010 Cal QSO Party 2-3 Oct 2010
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