[Elecraft] K3 problem

[Don Wilhelm]

  David,
Have you followed the steps in the manual for this error?  If not, do 
that first - let the K3 warm up before doing this calibration..
If it persists, try doing the Reference Oscillator calibration (use 
method 2).

73,
Don W3FPR

On 9/8/2010 7:29 PM, David F. Reed wrote:
>    My K3 (serial number 1476) was working fine this morning, but started
> exhibiting a problem this afternoon...
>
> I occasionally get a "ERR PL1" message on the screen; I have the
> following behavior:
>
>     1. other stations report my transmission is off frequency or garbled.
>     2. sometimes the receive acts like there is no antenna connected
>        (Noise floor at -140 db, as opposed to the more normal -120 db on
>        40 meters)
>     3. Sometimes the TUNE produces 0 watts out (set to 100); other times
>        it gives the full 100.
>
> I suspect all these symptoms are related to the error message.
>
> I note that the rig is warm (on for a few hours) but not hot; I don't
> know if it will do this from cold, but I will try to find that out (rig
> is off now waiting to cool down to about 80 deg. F.).
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions?
>