[Elecraft] K3S goes Keydown

[Ian White]

Many problems with 'RF in the shack' are caused by bad shield
connections in PL259 plugs. It is also very typical for such problems to
appear suddenly or intermittently.

So if the problem persists when the K3S is connected only to a dummy
load, change the coax patch lead as well.

73 from Ian GM3SEK


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
>Don Wilhelm
>Sent: 03 February 2017 15:35
>To: Dale Martin; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3S goes Keydown
>
>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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