[Elecraft] K3 intermittent low power issue

[N4OI - Ken]

K9IR wrote
> [...] ended up working via email with Elecraft support, but unfortunately
> we couldn't resolve it, so the rig currently is in CA for repair ;-). I
> will be very curious to learn from them why the power issue occurred.
>  
> 73 Paula K9IR
> 
> From: N8XPQ -- [...] have you checked the connections of the KPA3 100w
> amplifier module. I have a friend that was experiencing a similar issue,
> and discovered that the module had become unseated somewhat causing
> intermittent RF power output issues. [...]

My K3/100 serial number 6835, which is only about a month old, began having
similar intermittent power problems.  For a while it appeared that the
"tune" function always worked... but then that also dropped power
intermittently.  I just reseated the KPA100 module, the connector board that
it plugs into, and that sparsely populated RF board that is used when there
is no internal tuner.  So far so good, but too early to tell.  

73 ES GOD BLESS U ES URS DE KEN N4OI 



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