[Elecraft] K3 IF Attenuation?

[Dave C]

I should have mentioned that the K3's receive level is normal.  Preamp is
off and attenuator is off.  S-meter levels on the K3 receiver are normal.
The problem I'm seeing is only in the IF connection.

Dave
K8JDC

On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Dave C <k8jdc1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've been using an AFEDRI SDR as a panadapter for my K3 for about a year
> now using HDSDR.  I use it every day but when I powered things up
> yesterday, the panadapter connection has suddenly experienced a lot of
> attenuation.  I don't know at this point if the issue is in the K3 IF
> output or the AFEDRI input.  The AFEDRI has adjustable RF gain and I can
> still see the signals if I crank the RF gain to the max but I have lost on
> the order of 20 dB in the IF connection.  (I normally run the AFEDRI with
> about 20 dB of gain but I have to crank it up to 40 dB now to see the
> signals from the K3).
>
> I've tried rebooting things and checked the first layer of things like the
> coax cable but I haven't found the cause of this big attenuation.  I went
> into the K3 menu and toggled the KXV3 off and on but that didn't help
> either.
>
> Thought I would ask if anybody has experienced attenuation like this in
> the K3's IF output.
>
> Dave
> K8JDC
>