[Elecraft] Ghost in my K3?

[Fred Townsend]

Sounds like a job for ghost busters. OK, maybe a bad contact pin. How old is your K3?
73
Fred, AE6QL


-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael Eberle <mteberle at mchsi.com>
>Sent: Oct 4, 2014 3:46 PM
>To: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [Elecraft] Ghost in my K3?
>
>Ok, I just had something really strange happen with my K3.  I was 
>listening to a strong signal and all of a sudden all the audio dropped 
>out, and the S meter dropped down to nothing, yet the P3 still showed 
>the signal.  Apparently a disconnect in the IF after the P3 output.  
>Cycling power a couple times didn't help.  Then I pressed TUNE and it 
>would not key the transmitter and the VFO-B area showed 0 watts.  After 
>trying the TUNE button a couple times, all of a sudden it went back to 
>normal operation.  Has anyone else ever had this happen?  What could 
>have caused this, maybe a loose cable?
>
>Thanks,
>Mike
>KI0HA
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