[Elecraft] K3 60 meter band not seen

Gary Smith Gary at ka1j.com
Sat Apr 30 23:44:03 EDT 2016


I had sent this out earlier but I didn't receive it back so sending 
it again.
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Folks,

I'm at the final stages of readying a K3 for a friend. I've gone 
through every thing I can think of to be sure it is working 
perfectly. It has all the updates and upgrades available, and it 
seemed to be working perfectly. That is, till I noticed the 60M is 
not showing up when changing bands.

I have done the TX calibrations with the Utility and it calibrated at 

5336 kHz TxGain LP, HP and at 1MW so its in the radio but when I 
change bands it bypasses 5 MHz. From 1.60 MHz up it goes:

1.8
3.7
7
10
14
18
21
24
28
50

Using the MW calibration the Utility tested:

1900 kHz TxGain MW  08
3750 kHz TxGain MW  09
5336 kHz TxGain MW  16
7150 kHz TxGain MW  17
10125 kHz TxGain MW  16
14200 kHz TxGain MW  18
18110 kHz TxGain MW  26
21200 kHz TxGain MW  31
24930 kHz TxGain MW  34
29000 kHz TxGain MW 100
52000 kHz TxGain MW  77


I've never seen this before and looking at the manual, I see nothing 
relating to turning off the 60 meter band or turning it back on. I 
can manually enter a 5 MHz frequency but when I change bands, it 
bypasses it again.

I must be missing some setting but scanning the manual, I see nothing 

under bypassing 60 meters or bypassing 5 MHz.

Suggestions?

73,

Gary
KA1J



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