[Elecraft] K3 Suddenly died

[bill conkling]

Well it won't do 120 watts, only goes to 110.

And , page 9 of the manual details the by band output power with a warning that IMD and spurious products are specified at 100 watts.  Read between the lines.

...bill nr4c

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mikerodgerske5gbc at yahoo.com wrote:

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>Not to pick on anyone but do I remember wrong?
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>I've never seen Elecraft recommend running a K3/10 at 12w or a K3/100 at 120. 
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>Maybe I missed it?
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>I don't this caused the problem but I see this 12/120 pretty frequently. 
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>73
>Mike R
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>m: Lewis Phelps <lew at n6lew.us>
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>I'm looking for troubleshooting ideas.  
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>My K3-10 suddenly died while in use.  Here's what happened:
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>I was listening and transmitting on 15 meters. Heard a station in Kansas 5-9 calling into the California QSO Party. I couldn't reach him despite a strong signal from him. SWR 1.1:0 outputting 12 watts. 
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>Beginning to think I was having some kind of problem, I decided to power off the K3 and turn it back on to reset it. When I hit the power switch, the rig shut off with a fairly loud "pop" from the speakers. 
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>Then it wouldn't turn back on at all. 
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>Power supply is fine; 13.98 volts from 50 amp Astron linear supply. Power cable is fine; full voltage at rig end of power cord. 
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>Disconnected all peripherals (speakers, straight key, transverter control cable and RF coax cables to xv432, and mic (Kenwood MC-90 into front panel). Still no joy.
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>Any suggestions, other than packing it to send to the Mother Ship?
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>Lew N6LEW
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>Lew Phelps N6LEW
>Pasadena, CA DM04wd
>Elecraft K3-10 
>Yaesu FT-7800 
>Lew at N6LEW.US
>www.ntlew.us
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