[Elecraft] [ELECRAFT] K3: Help! No output on 80m CW

[Byron N6NUL]

I don't have a K3, but I'll take a stab anyway ;)

Is test mode per- band? Or, have the per band power limits been set to 0?

73, Byron N6NUL

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> On Nov 28, 2014, at 18:42, tomb18 at videotron.ca wrote:
> 
> It Tunes fine and I get 1:2 It's only when I transmit CW everything goes nuts.
> 
>> On 11/28/14, Fred Jensen  <k6dgw at foothill.net> wrote:
>>> On 11/28/2014 6:26 PM, Tom Blahovici wrote:
>>> Hi Antenna is correct, VOX on, checked cw weight. However, perhaps
>>> it's my Antenna. When I tune with 10w through my kpa500 all is well.
>>> Output is at around 300w. Voice is fine at 500w. However when I try
>>> to send some cw through the terminal program, the KAT500 goes crazy,
>>> has a fault, the kpa500 shows all red in swr and then stops
>>> transmitting. At that point even if I turn off the amp and clear the
>>> kat500 there is no power out. It sounds different than when I
>>> transmit on 160. There no clicking no issues. Even at 500 w same
>>> antenna.
>> 
>> Put KAT500 into tune, HOLD Tune on the K3, and let it tune at your tune power [>20W]. Then put KAT500 into MAN mode and see what happens. I run MAN all the time, KAT500 doesn't try to tune.
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Fred K6DGW
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