[Elecraft] k3 being turn on when N1MM is activated

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

Hi Jerry,

Sometimes when one sees a pile of weird inexplicable happenings that don't
make any sense at all, one must stand back, look at the forest instead of
the trees, and say I've got the the weird inexplicable multi problem
syndrome, otherwise known as "the wimps".

The problem with not knowing you've got the wimps is the attempt to fix the
symptoms one by one, which can't work.

There are some well known wimps causes. RFI in the shack is a great one.
Problems with third party programs another. Another, if your K3 is old
enough, is the "pin problem" that needs the replacement with gold pins
thing done.

I'd like to see W3FPR's take on your wimps, if that sounds like the pin
problem to him.

What's the serial number on your K3?

73, Guy K2AV

On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 8:50 AM Jerry <W1ie at jetbroadband.com> wrote:

> Good morning all,
>
>
>
> I have been having this problem for about the last three weeks. Erratic
> behavior with my K3; such as when I attempted to turn off the K3, it would
> remove sound, xmit and the data on the front panel.  The panel would stay
> lit with the amber backlight, but there would be just a blank screen. To
> reset the radio back to being "all off", I would disconnect the power, wait
> a respectable 10 seconds and then when I turn it on and all was well until
> I
> tried to turn it off again, resulting in the same previous condition. I was
> on the verge of sending the rig back home to California after the winter
> contests , when I notice something during  yesterdays SSB contest.
>
>
>
> I was using N1MM software for contesting and I noticed that the radio would
> behave oddly; such as after a while the VOX became unreliable  and the
> radio
> would not respond to mouse clicks on the N1MM program.  It seems I would
> have to reset the radio and N1MM every ten minutes or so.  So one time, I
> had both N1MM down and the radio off, and when I started N1MM, it turned on
> the radio via through a standard RS-232 port (came with the computer
> board).
> I have since found out through some testing this morning, that all my K3
> problems seem to be related to the presence of the N1MM being on, and when
> N1MM was shut down - my K3 works as expected.
>
>
>
> My question is,after this long ramble,  before I submit this to the N1MM
> team, has anyone else experienced this type of behavior in the relationship
> of N1MM and the K3?
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Jerry, W1IE
>
>
>
> (BTW I did get a "Sweep" on the contest. I don't think it would have happen
> if I did not have the K3.)
>
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