[Elecraft] KAT3 problem

[Barry Garratt]

Hi Tom,

Yes I'll talk to Gary before I send anything back to the factory. The rig
has been back before so I know the procedure. I'll call him tomorrow.

Thanks and have a great day.

Barry KS7DX


-----Original Message-----
From: N5GE [mailto:Lists at n5ge.com] 
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 2:13 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KAT3 problem

Gary,

If I were you I'd call Elecraft support before sending the board.  They may
give you some tests to make to determine if you have the same problem as
Dave.

73,
Tom
Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
ARRL Lifetime Member
QCWA Lifetime Member

On Sat, 7 Jul 2012 09:47:09 -0700, "Barry Garratt" <bgarratt at earthlink.net>
wrote:

>Hey Dave,
>
>I'll try that and report back but I'm getting the feeling it's going to 
>back to the factory.
>
>Regards,
>
>Barry KS7DX
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dave Van Wallaghen [mailto:w8fgu at comcast.net]
>Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 9:15 AM
>To: Barry Garratt
>Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KAT3 problem
>
>Hey Barry,
>
>If you are so inclined, you might try re-seating the LPA board. I did 
>read a couple of instances where that cleared up the problem. Although, 
>it did not clear mine up :-(
>
>Either way, it you wouldn't mind, please post back your findings. I'd 
>be interested to see if it was the LPA or not.
>
>Take care & 73,
>Dave W8FGU
>
>
>
>On 7/7/2012 12:02 PM, Barry Garratt wrote:
>> Hi Dave,
>>
>> Thanks for the info. It looks like mine will be heading back to the 
>> factory also.
>>
>> Have a great day.
>>
>> Barry KS7DX
>>
>> From: Dave Van Wallaghen [mailto:dvanwallaghen at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 5:36 AM
>> To: Barry Garratt
>> Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KAT3 problem
>>
>> Barry,
>> I just went through the same thing here. It turned out to that I had 
>> no output from my LPA board. It is currently at Elecraft being 
>> serviced. I have not heard from them yet as to the exact cause. It's 
>> only been in for a week or so.
>> I used a scope to verify I had RF coming into the board and a logical 
>> high on the 7T line but no output.
>> I found this trying to tune up as you did and saw the same two dashes 
>> on the display.
>> Hope this helps.
>> 73,
>> Dave W8FGU
>> On Jul 7, 2012 1:54 AM, "Barry Garratt" <bgarratt at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> When I hit the ATU TUNE button this evening the tuner sounded like it 
>> was doing something but instead of the usual display of VSWR as it 
>> tuned there were only two dash lines.
>>
>> The problem is not band dependent.
>>
>> Anyone ever seen this before and if so what was the cure?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Barry KS7DX
>>
>>
>>
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