[Elecraft] Fw: K3 S-Meter Stuck with KXV3 Error

[Don Wilhelm]

Sorry  but that set of conditions seems too *not* related to provide 
enough clues.  Your email to K3support will likely give you an exchange 
of conditions that will lead to a solution.;

73,
Don W3FPR

  1/28/2012 11:28 PM, Phil & Debbie Salas wrote:
> I'm passing this along as KD5EVW is having some problems posting to the
> reflector.
> Phil - AD5X
>
> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: K3 S-Meter Stuck with KXV3 Error
> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:50:33 -0600
> From: Kenny&  Stephanie<kd5evwac5nf at gmail.com>
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>
> I recently build a new K3 from a kit.  It worked great for a month, but
> after going through the configuration menus and setting up some
> preferences, I started getting errors.
>
> After powering the radio back on, my S-meter is a solid S-9 regardless
> of the input signal levels.  With a 50 ohm termination my P3 shows the
> noise floor below S-0 but the K3 meter is still S-9.  I am also getting
> a KXV3 error at the same time this started happening.
>
> Corrective actions taken so far:  Removed and uninstalled the K3XV
> module. (Result: K3XV error goes away, S-Meter still stuck)
> Remove and replace front panel to insure all connectors are seated
> properly (Result:  No Change)
> Reloaded all Firmware (Result: No change)
> Reloaded initial configuration file (Result: No Change)
>
> Has anyone experienced anything like this?  It is odd that the radio was
> working fine after the kit build and suddenly stopped after setting up
> configurations, but it does not start up again after loading the default
> configurations.
>
> I plan on emailing customer support on Monday.
>
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