[Elecraft] K3 bugs

[Phil Wheeler]

Dave,

At this stage of things most "bugs" are really 
operator errors due to lack of familiarity with 
the rig. Of course, you could have a hardware 
problem with your specific unit, but that's not 
likely. Best is to call tech support and ask for 
advice.

73, Phil W7OX

On 1/15/15 3:05 PM, dave wrote:
>
> Recently purchased a K3 kit. Have noted a couple 
> of bugs. Wonder if anyone else has seen these:
>
> 1) After I put the kit together, while doing the 
> testing, I noted that if I cycled through the 
> modes via the left side of the mode button (mode 
> dn), every time it went into AM mode it keyed 
> the TX for a second or maybe two. Did not do 
> this when pressing the right side of the mode 
> button (mode up) and going into AM. This was not 
> simply lighting the TX light. The external power 
> meter confirmed that RF was being generated. All 
> other changes of mode appeared to be fine.
>
> 2) Just now turned the K3 on. Switched to 80m. 
> Mode was CW before and after the change of 
> bands. After a few seconds I noted there was no 
> audio coming from the speaker. Switched to 60m 
> (USB), audio. Switched to 40m (CW), audio. 
> Switched back to 80, no audio. Cycled through 
> the modes. Audio was heard on LSB, AM, Data, and 
> suddenly audio was heard on 80m CW. And . . . 
> while cycling through the modes I noted that the 
> TX was no longer keyed when switching to AM via 
> the mode dn button.
>
> Are these bugs related? Has anyone else seen 
> either of these?
>
> I'd really like to see Elecraft spend the 
> necessary effort to thoroughly debug the K3 
> before spending much effort adding features that 
> only a handful of ops will ever use.
>
>
> 73 de dave
> ab9ca/4