[Elecraft] K3 Power off (subject change)

[Richard]

At least give us a long off!

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On Oct 6, 2010, at 13:27, Dan Atchison <n3nd at aol.com> wrote:

> Unintentionally powering-off the K3 has happened to me many times  
> and I am just lucky, I guess, that I've seen no problems with a  
> quick response power-on.
>
> This almost begs that powering-off the K3 be changed to a long hold  
> as opposed to instantaneous.  Indeed, it could be a long hold for  
> both power-on and power-off.  Just my opinion.
>
> Dan -- N3ND
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill VanAlstyne W5WVO <w5wvo at cybermesa.net>
> To: [Elecraft] <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wed, Oct 6, 2010 2:19 pm
> Subject: [Elecraft] [K3] Speaker output amp kaput
>
>
> I recently fried (I believe) the speaker amplifier in my K3,  
> apparently by
> just turning off the radio and turning it back on too quickly.  
> Perhaps the
> fact that the AGC was disabled at the time might have had something  
> to do
> with this, though that is just a guess. I accidentally turned off  
> the K3 by
> pushing the POWER button by mistake, and, cursing my klutziness,  
> immediately
> pushed the button again to turn it back on, as I was in the middle  
> of a QSO.
> The radio came back on -- but sans speaker. It has been dead ever  
> since.
> Configuration settings have been double-checked. It's not a  
> catastrophe for
> me, because I normally use headphones anyway, but I'd like to get it  
> fixed.
>
> Since I'm not reading every post on the list these days, I have  
> probably
> missed something about this, because I dimly recall seeing some  
> subject
> headings about the speaker amplifier. I didn't read these. Is this a
> user-replaceable part? If so, what is involved?
>
> And if this part is blowing up regularly, why is it so fragile? Is  
> there
> something that can be done to better protect it?
>
> My K3 was recently (couple months ago) updated at the factory with all
> applicable mods.
>
> Bill W5WVO
> New Mexico
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