[Elecraft] K3 err msgs on powr up?

[Wayne Burdick]

Could be intermittent contact between the Front Panel module and the  
RF board. Try loosening all the screws on the FP module, backing it  
out 1/8th inch or so, then plugging it back in.

73,
Wayne
N6KR

On Sep 10, 2011, at 1:02 PM, cx7tt at 4email.net wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have been away for 3 months. The K3 was completely disconnected from
> antennas, power supply, including removing the PP from the back of  
> the rig.
> Today I decided to update the firmware and when I turned the power  
> on, I
> got err BP1, then LPF, IO3, IF1, XV3, AT3, PA1, and BP3. After that,  
> it
> worked fine. I hooked it up to dummy load and got full power on all
> bands...turned it off, same result, BP1, LPF, etc. I could use any of
> the rocker switches/buttons on the front panel and any of them would
> cycle to next error msg, in the same order as the first time..then  
> work
> ok. I had an older firmware so decided to put 4.39 in the radio, along
> with the DSP1/DSP2. AFter the successful download, same thing....power
> up....BP1, LPF, etc.
>
> Any ideas, suggestions?
>
> 73
> Tom
> CX7TT
> P.S. K3 #250, factory built...3 times back to the factory, so far....
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