[Elecraft] K3 receiver troubleshooting

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Rick Stealey <rstealey at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks to all who offered helpful suggestions.  They were all via email - you notice there were no helpful postings on the reflector.  Anyway, it's working again and I'm a happy camper.

I note you did not post what the actual solution was. You are the only
source for that information.

Just a reminder that the Elecraft reflector is not an Elecraft
technical support email address. While Elecraft employees may post
here from time to time to answer email on the reflector, there is no
guarantee that Elecraft employees or Elecraft owners will answer a
particular question. For Elecraft help from Elecraft employees one
should use support at elecraft.com or k3support at elecraft.com with issues.
These emails are answered during normal business days and hours.

Reflector readers are not under contract to Elecraft to answer posts,
nor is there a requirement that someone who does answer a reflector
post must do so on the reflector.

Personally, I rarely offer help across this or any other reflector any
more, because it is too hard to keep track of helping email threads. I
set up a new folder with an intelligent name for a corresponder with
filters to put new mail from him/her in that folder. Not putting that
help conversation on the reflector also avoids trash talk (both on and
off reflector) from a certain kind of reflector user which otherwise
is a real and ugly disincentive. I will sometimes convert to telephone
conversations if the writing becomes too complex. All that goes on
without a clue on a reflector I was there.

I would say that it's up to the person who asked for help to post the
eventual solution on the reflector. This makes the answer compact and
only relates the answer that actually worked. And it cuts down on
noise when someone is later searching archives for a solution.

Clearly those who answered you off-reflector saw the post on the
reflector and so it would seem to me that the Elecraft reflector
worked well. But email correspondence is no match for a technical
buddy with test equipment working right there with you on the physical
equipment. :>)

As to the schematics, using the current Adobe Reader to display the
schematic PDF's, the search function will find all the occurrences of
a wire label very quickly. I have found Elecraft schematics **very
easy** to navigate and use with Adobe Reader. I decidedly prefer
Elecraft schems to the microscopic lines in the paper schematic of my
FT1000MP, and having to pencil trace a wire as it snakes around the
page.

To find the KXV3, bring up the June, 2010 version of the K3 schematic
PDF with a current Adobe Reader. Hit CTRL-F. This will bring up a blue
"find" window at the upper right. Type in kxv3 and hit <enter>. You
can repeat the search to see every instance of the characters kxv3
(case insensitive) anywhere in the PDF.

Huge help in chasing stuff in PDF schematics.

73, and glad you found the trouble.

Guy K2AV