[Elecraft] K3 Reports of intermit bad audio

[Charlie T, K3ICH]

Great, Gerald.

Glad it was an "easy" fix and many thanks for
sharing the solution with all of us.

We certainly don't want any "bad audio" reports
floating around that could be caused by this
simple-to-fix problem.

Good info to file away for reference.

73, Charlie k3ICH



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Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 1:29 AM
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Reports of intermit bad
audio

I keep getting private e-mail asking what were the
symptoms and what fixed the problem.
The radio was shipped back to me after a trip to
the factory for an upgrade and repair. 
The radio came back and once it was hooked up, I
joined a group of people that I talk to all the
time. 
Everyone said that my audio did not sound right.
The intermittently it would go from just okay to
terrible. I had one of the guys I talk with watch
me on his pan adaptor and it showed spikes and a
very dirty signal. I contacted Elecraft by e-mail
on the weekend and first thing Monday Morning
Howard from Elecraft had called me and left
message for me to return his call. I returned his
call and he walked me though all of my settings.
Then after everything checked out he said that he
had see something similar to this and explained
what he thought it might be. Howard told me that
if I removed the fans and circuit breaker panel
off of the back side I would be able to see where
the amp connected in. Howard e-mailed me two
pictures one the correct way and the other was one
they had found the caused a similar problem. I
pulled the plate off of my radio and sure enough
the amplifier was not seated all the way down in
the connector. I pushed down on the amp board and
it seated completely with the connecting board. I
then loosened all the screws on both the board and
the amp and made sure they were seated and then
retightened the screws. My K3 is now functioning
great. I don't know how it came loose, but it did.
It could have been loosened and moved during
shipping, I do not know. I took a picture of the
connector before I secured it, but I do not know
how to post a picture of it here. 
Okay hope this answers everyone's questions and
hopefully if someone ever has these symptoms and
research the forum they will be helped by this
too. 
Thanks
Gerald - KC6CNN 



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KC6CNN - Gerald