[Elecraft] K3S goes Keydown

[Robie Elms]

Dale,

You have received some good suggestions. I will add look into a common mode choke on you feed line.  You may have one already, if so it may be marginal and a second one may solve your problems.

Robie - AJ4F

> On Feb 3, 2017, at 09:35, Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dale,
> 
> Try it on a dummy load instead or your antenna.
> If the problem is "cured", then look for a problem in your antenna system - RF is getting back into your shack.
> 
> If the problem persists on the dummy load, contact K3support.
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
> 
>> On 2/3/2017 10:18 AM, Dale Martin wrote:
>> 
>> Last week, however, something unexpected happened: as soon as I keyed the
>> paddles or hit f1 to key the radio (CW), the radio went keydown. Only by
>> running the power down below 50-70 watts does it finally key up.
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