[Elecraft] K3 Low Output on 15

[Gary Gregory]

Issue not seen on mine. Had it since January 2007 so maybe you have an
issue?
Gary

On Nov 13, 2016 11:59, "WILLIE BABER" <wlbaber at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> My 2014 purchased K3 is 20-25 watts low on 14mhz but all other bands are
> good.  ....just haven't worried about it as I normally use 50 watts or less
> to drive an amplifier.  I'll look into it after ARRL DX CW in February, so
> long as it doesn't get worse.
>
> 73, Will, wj9b
>
> CWops #1085
> CWA Advisor levels II and III
> http://cwops.org/
>
> --------------------------------------------
> On Sat, 11/12/16, K9MA <k9ma at sdellington.us> wrote:
>
>  Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Low Output on 15
>  To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>  Date: Saturday, November 12, 2016, 3:37 PM
>
>  The output of my K3 (SN 4657) has
>  suddenly dropped 10-15 W on 15 meters,
>  from about 100 W to 85-90.  The other bands haven't
>  changed, nor has the
>  supply voltage (13.6 V at full power). Restoring to a
>  previous
>  configuration does not help.  I had a similar problem
>  early on, also on
>  15, and had to ship the K3 back to Elecraft, who replaced
>  the 10 W
>  module, but not the KPA3.  15 seems to be a problematic
>  band.  Has
>  anyone else seen a problem like this?
>
>  73,
>
>  Scott  K9MA
>
>  --
>  Scott  K9MA
>
>  k9ma at sdellington.us
>
>  ______________________________________________________________
>  Elecraft mailing list
>  Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
>  Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
>  Post: mailto:Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>
>  This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
>  Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>  Message delivered to wlbaber at bellsouth.net
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> Elecraft mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
> Message delivered to vk1zzgary at gmail.com