[Elecraft] Help - Elecraft Shutting Down

[Gary Smith]

And I have the same power supply and have done exactly the same with 
my foot, with the exact same results. I now have the knob locked in 
position by a wedge...

Gary
KA1J

> Ron,
> 
> If your power supply happens to have a knob to set current-limiting, check
> it to be sure that it hasn't accidentally been lowered. I have an Astron
> VS-35M sitting beneath the operating desk, and have managed to
> unintentionally  'adjust' (downward) the current-limiting with my knee
> more times than I would like to admit. It caused exactly the issue that
> you describe.
> 
> 73, Dale
> WA8SRA
> 
> > Elecraft K3 âEUR" The radio just started turning off and shutting down
> > during
> > this weekends contest.  No changes have been made to the station in over 6
> > months so nothing was done that may be suspect.  Radio has both 10 and 100
> > W
> > output, and typically run 40 watts out into an Alpha 8410 for drive.
> > Troubleshooting,  I throttled the output back to 10 watts, I can operate
> > no
> > problem and increased it in 5 watt increments. It start shutting the radio
> > down at around 25 watts.  Is there something I should try or does it need
> > a
> > trip back into the factory??
> >
> > Tx
> >
> > Ron
> > N6SC
> >
> >
> >
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