[Elecraft] low IF out on K3

[Enrico Lorenzoni IU3AZC]

Hello, my K3 is 80xx and my friend's is 38xx

thanks
Enrico


Il 07/04/2016 22:03, Art Hejduk ha scritto:
> Enrico,
>
> How old is your K3?  I believe they made a change to increase the 
> output on the "newer" units.  I'm not sure which serial number this 
> began on, but mine has the higher output, and it is serial number 43XX.
>
> 73,
> Art  WB8ENE
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 3:55 PM, Enrico Lorenzoni IU3AZC 
> <iu3azc at gmail.com <mailto:iu3azc at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     hello everyone,
>     I just compared my k3 with a friend's one and my IF out is much
>     lower than his k3.
>     I suspected it when listening on a softrock, but now I can see a
>     difference like 10 or 20db off.
>
>     So I inspected my k3 and the IF out connector is fine. Multimeter
>     says 0 ohms between bnc contacts and P86 pins on motherboard.
>     What can I check next?
>     Anyone did fix this same issue?
>
>     thanks
>
>     Enrico IU4AZC
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