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

[tomb18 at videotron.ca]

Hi Test is not on. I can press tune on the K3 with 30W and put ALL the power to the antenna. But the minute I try CW no go. Everything goes nuts (tuner amp) and then no more output.Tom

On 11/28/14, Byron N6NUL  <byron at n6nul.org> wrote:
> 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
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> > 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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