[Elecraft] [KX3] Re: KX3/KXPA100 issue

[Jim Rhodes]

And make sure the contacts on your control cable are securely crimped.
Lessons learned from experience are best remembered.

On Sep 30, 2016 8:38 AM, "Don Wilhelm" <donwilh at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> I have just been alerted that a loose RJ-45 plug in the KXPA100 Control
> jack can cause that same problem.  Make sure the plug is fully inserted and
> the locking tab has clicked into place.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> David,
>
> The KX3 may still be running by virtue of the internal batteries if the
> KXPA100 power drops, but that will not prevent the KX3 from turning off the
> PA ON menu and dropping the power to 5 volts.
>
> Check your power cable - look in the end of the APP connector.  If you see
> the end of 2 pieces of metal (both the spring finger and the contact blade)
> the contact blade is not latched, give it a push from the wire side until
> it latches.
>
> Check the connections at your power supply, they must be tight - if you
> can move them at all, they are not tight.  Also check the fuse and
> fuseholder.  The fuse must make tight contact with the fuseholder contacts.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 9/30/2016 9:24 AM, 'David F. Reed' w5sv.dave at gmail.com [KX3] wrote:
>
>>
>> Geoff,
>>
>> Thanks for the idea... That might be it; I am not in the shack when it
>> happens, though if that were it, I would be surprised, as I have the
>> internal batteries in place, and I would have thought that the power
>> doesn't go away if the external supply drops.  Could be just enough I
>> guess...
>>
>> Thanks & 73 de W5SV, Dave
>>
>>
>> On 9/30/16 07:20, Geoff Allsup wrote:
>>
>>> If supply power goes off even momentarily (instead of turning power
>>> off on the KX3) that's exactly what happens. Check your supply would
>>> be my first suggestion.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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