[Elecraft] KDVR/DSP/Microphone Connector Issues

[pastormg2 at verizon.net]

Good Morning,
This is Mark Griffin, KB3Z. I installed a KDVR module yesterday in which my K3 recognizes that. But I cannot get any power output or ALC when I connect my microphone to the front microphone connector. According to the service people at Elecraft they tell me that the microphone connector in the front is connected to the DSP board. And you must not have one of the pin connector seated correctly. Well, I have taken the K3 apart 4 times and put it back to together again making sure that everything is seated the way it should be and it still will not work. So I connected my microphone to the rear connector and lo and behold it gives me output power and ALC. Of course you need to use the PTT to get it to work. That is the only drawback to that theory. But,