[Elecraft] Strange K3's issues

[Tomasz]

It was my first idea till today morning when power button issue became.

btw
In the contest location ft450 and ft-897 works fine and I have been 
there few months ago with my K3 and all was ok.

  Tom

W dniu 4/10/2016 o 11:28 PM, Kevin Stover pisze:
> Works fine at home and loses it's mind at the contest location with 
> different antennas, feed lines, etc....
> My first impression is an RFI problem at the contest location.
>
> On 4/10/2016 4:17 PM, Tom SQ5CSF wrote:
>> Hello everybody,
>> I have a strange issues in my K3. Maybe someone has had similar 
>> symptoms and may help me...
>>
>> chronology of my actions with K3
>>
>> - from the begining K3 was never opened, worked fine.
>> - 2015-06 - KXV3 installation
>> - 144 QSO made in this period time - no issues.
>> - 2015-12-31 Last firmware upgrade (5.38/1.25/2.86)
>> - 26 QSO made in this period time - in January - no issues
>> - SPDX contest (2016-04-02)- in my contest location - first 
>> operational problems.
>> During the contest I have made about 40 qso.
>> Many radio restart have been made to be able to work at all...
>> symptoms: when I have pressed mic's PTT, TX led switch ON but there 
>> were no power output.
>> The same situation was when I have used footswitch or playback 
>> message option.
>> After few pressing of the PTT output power appeared.
>>
>> Next point was the AUT - time of the tuning was tottaly differen 
>> between next tunes.
>> Next point - AF gain controls for main receiver.
>> Radio was not reading the knob position to change the volume.
>> Band change removed this issue for some time.
>>
>>
>> - Home station - 2016-04-10
>> Previous problems disappear, now i have a problem with the K3 power off.
>> It's look like not complete internal procedure.
>> whole firmwares were reloaded - issues still exist.
>> configuration was restored from 2015-08 - issues still exist.
>> Older firmwares were downloaded - issues still exist.
>> Actual firmwares were downloaded with last saved configuration - 
>> issues still exist.
>> - next point - when I switch on my Diamond power supply - K3 power on 
>> automatically.
>>
>>
>> Some shots made by mobile You can have a look on vimeo:
>> https://vimeo.com/162290764
>>
>> I will be grateful for any comments / tips
>> Tom
>> SQ5CSF
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