[Elecraft] Firmware Issue

[James D. (Jimmy) Walker, Jr.]

Turning on my rig a few nights ago (K-3 Serial #6512) I got a strange response. The rig would not turn on. All I got was a blinking TX light and screen display reading of MCU LD. My K-3 Utility program could not access the rig through the COM port. I looked up the reset instruction saying I should use the key combination of POWER + SHIFT 0/0 (whatever that is). Assuming I did it right, it didn’t work.

I drafted this email while I was thinking about what to do. Then I tried POWER + 0. In response the rig turned on normally. What just happened. Was I just lucky the last time?

Jimmy, WA4ILO