[Elecraft] K3-TX "stutters" on power up

Arie Kleingeld PA3A pa3a at xs4all.nl
Mon Oct 31 04:29:41 EDT 2016


Fred,

The cause might be the initialisation of the com port connected to the 
K3 (PTT and KEY on pins of RTS and DTR, = pins 4 and 7).

73
Arie PA3A

Op 31-10-2016 om 5:15 schreef Fred Jensen:
> This may not be new, I often pay no attention to the radio if I power 
> it up, but recently I've noticed that it's going into TX multiple 
> times as the start-up display scrolls by on VFO B.  I don't think it's 
> making any RF.
>
> FWIW:  I do operate W7RN remote using RemoteRig which immediately puts 
> the K3 into TERM mode.  This problem I've noticed happens when I'm 
> operating from home, 100W, almost always on CW.
>
> I don't see any harm to it, it's just new, and I'm wondering.  FW is 
> 5.38  Any info appreciated.
>
> 73,
>
> Fred K6DGW
> - Sparks NV DM09dn
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