[Elecraft] Ghost in my K3?

[Michael Eberle]

I have had the K3 for about 5 years now.  S/N 2679.  And to clarify, I 
guess it did key the transmitter because the TX light would come on but 
it did not put out any power and showed 0 Watts on the display.  I have 
not had any other problems except for the headphone jack on the rear. I 
probably plugged a mono plug into it by mistake.

On 10/4/2014 5:52 PM, Fred Townsend wrote:
> Sounds like a job for ghost busters. OK, maybe a bad contact pin. How old is your K3?
> 73
> Fred, AE6QL
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> -----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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