[Elecraft] Ghost in my K3?

[Fred Townsend]

OK then I think you have tin pins (not to confused with game a ten pins). Contact customer service for free replacment pins.

73
Fred


-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael Eberle <mteberle at mchsi.com>
>Sent: Oct 4, 2014 4:03 PM
>To: Fred Townsend <fptownsend at earthlink.net>, Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Ghost in my K3?
>
>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
>>
>>
>> -----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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