[Elecraft] [K3} P3 Failure? fixed!

[iain macdonnell - N6ML]

Dick,

No, it's a hardware jumper.  See the "Configuration" section (page 24)
of the P3 Manual.

73,

    ~iain / N6ML


On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Richard Fjeld <rpfjeld at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Alan N1AL,
>
>  (If you have the power-on jumper in the P3 configured to always-on, )
>
> I don't remember reading a reference to 'the power-on jumper'.  I do remember something in the menu settings.  Is this what you are referring to?
>
> Dick, n0ce
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Chuck Guenther
>   To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>   Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 9:05 AM
>   Subject: [Elecraft] [K3} P3 Failure? fixed!
>
>
>   Thanks, Alan!  That did the trick. (actually, I found that procedure in
>   the P3 manual).
>   I wish I had written down the transfer gain that I had setup during my
>   amplitude calibration a year or two back.
>
>   The gain is set to -7 dB now, which I believe is the factory default.
>
>   I t was strange, though, tuning the bands for even a few minutes without
>   the P3.  I hadn't realized how much I have grown to depend on it!
>
>   73 & thanks again.
>
>   Chuck Guenther  NI0C
>
>
>
>   N1AL wrote:
>
>   "It sounds like a configuration parameter got corrupted somehow in
>   non-volatile memory. Try doing a "Parameter Initialization" as described
>   in the Troubleshooting section of the manual.  That is, write down your
>   FN key assignments and MENU parameters, then hold the LABELS key while
>   turning on the P3 with the POWER switch.  Wait until the "CONFIGURATION
>   RESET" message appears on the screen and release then release the LABELS
>   key.  (If you have the power-on jumper in the P3 configured to
>   always-on, then just hold LABELS and tap POWER.)  Then re-enter the FN
>   key assignments and MENU parameters.
>
>   Alan N1AL"
>
>
>
>
>
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