[Elecraft] K3 Setup Failing

[James kvochick]

Is your transmitter in "tx test" mode?

Jim WB8AZP

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On May 25, 2013, at 5:58 PM, "Brian F. Wruble" <bwruble at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi guys,
> 
> I am in a fight with my just assembled K3.  I have gone through all the
> steps, and everything worked. However, I could not get the sub-receiver to
> receive anything --- just noise.
> 
> So I figured I would put that aside for awhile and try transmitting into a
> dummy load.  I had already run the TX gain Calibration steps at 5watts and
> 50 watts, both with no problem.
> 
> I found that though I I can hear my audio (sounding good) in the XMIT
> Monitor, I had little to no indication of RF out, either on the rig's meter
> or an external meter.
> 
> So I reran XMIT gain calibration with this result:
> 
> OS Version 6.1 Build 7601 Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2
> K3 MCU revision 04.67. RS-232 speed 4800 bit/s.
> Starting 5 watt calibration
> Calibrating at 1.900 MHz
> Calibration power settled at "  0.0 W ;"
> Elapsed time: 5 seconds
> Tx Gain calibration failed because transmit power did not reach the
> expected value
> 
> 
> I saved my configuration, then did a reset.  The result was the same.  I
> reloaded my configuration file, result the same.  The 50 watt test gives a
> similar error.
> 
> No smoke by the way.
> 
> What have I done?
> 
> Tnx de Brian W3BW
> 
> 
> *Brian F. Wruble, C.F.A.
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