[Elecraft] New KX3 - No SSB output

[kb3ils at comcast.net]

Happy Thanksgiving to all! 

My Thanksgiving Eve was great when the UPS man walked up and delivered the long desired KX3. I spent the next few hours putting the kit together and it felt like it went together without a hitch. I then decided to make my first QSO and wanted it to be DX so I worked a bunch of stations in the Carribbean on CW and it was great. I worked a few more this morning as well. 

I decided to test out SSB....and seem to be running into an issue. I don't think I am getting any power out. When I key the Elecraft mic, the TX light does come on but the power meter does not show any output. I see one vertical bar above the RF initial on the RF meter. It does go up higher (to 12) when I am on CW. The SWR meter does not show any vertical bars when trying to transmit on SSB. I get one one bar when I transmit on CW. My ANT is a Steppir vertical so it is resonant on the frees. 

I am powering it with an Astron power supply that I used on my 100W rigs...so I think I am fine there. 

I did follow the steps on page 15 of the operating guide to setup Voice....no luck. 

Any ideas/thoughts would be greatly appreciated. 

73 de Keith KB3ILS