[Elecraft] Help - Elecraft Shutting Down

[Martin Rath]

Hi Don,

thanks for your always helpfull advise. let me please review the powerpoles
tonight and I will try to follow-up on this topic.

best 73's Martin 9V1RM / F8UKP


On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:33 AM, Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> Martin,
>
> One thing to check is the blades in the Anderson PowerPole connector at
> the end of the cable.
> Peer into the end of the cable - if you see the ends of two metal blades
> in either side of the connector, the contact blade has not been fully
> seated behind the securing spring - give it a hard push with a screwdriver.
>
> The other thing to check is the tightness of the terminals on the power
> supply.
>
> The burned connector inside the K3 will usually only affect power to the
> KPA3, and it will usually produce an ERR 12V condition rather than a
> shutdown.  That problem has been cured some long time ago when the pins
> were changed to gold plated type - if you do not have an early K3, that
> condition is not likely.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
>
> On 3/5/2014 8:17 PM, Martin Rath wrote:
>
>> Hi Ron,
>>
>> I'm glad I found your email as my K3 (#5426) has been experiencing the
>> same
>> issues for a couple of days. I did not dismantle it for now to see if it's
>> related to the burned connector issue as I would like to try it with
>> another power supply first (and i need to borrow one first from another
>> ham).
>>
>> This K3 was used extensively on Reunion Island during 10 days lately as
>> part of the TO7CC DX Expedition, maybe this has made the issue to appear
>> now. First I thought that it was related to the power supply but then it
>> happened at least once when the K3 was on RX. I upgraded the MCU and
>> DSP1/DSP2 to the latest softwares but that did not resolve the issue.
>>
>> Let me know if you manage to track your issue down !
>>
>> Best 73's Martin 9V1RM
>>
>>
>>
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