[Elecraft] low IF out on K3

Enrico Lorenzoni IU3AZC iu3azc at gmail.com
Thu Apr 7 16:13:47 EDT 2016


Hi, I confirm: R8 is labeled "133", so it is a 13k resistor.

Enrico


Il 07/04/2016 22:10, Art Hejduk ha scritto:
> Enrico,
>
> Yours should definitely have this change done then.  See the attached 
> PDF file.
>
> 73,
> Art  WB8ENE
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 4:04 PM, Enrico Lorenzoni IU3AZC 
> <iu3azc at gmail.com <mailto:iu3azc at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     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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