[Elecraft] K3S no RF at CW

[Don Wilhelm]

Marian,

I think you need to contact K3support at elecraft.com about this if you 
have not already.  Perhaps they will have some additional things you can 
try.

Since you have have already tried EEINIT there is little that we can 
offer in addition as K3 users.

Unfortunately, they will not be available until Monday, and will have to 
wade through a lot of support email Monday - patience is a virtue.  They 
are running short-staffed at the moment.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 6/17/2017 11:35 AM, kismarian at hotmail.com wrote:
> No, the TXTEST is not enabled and TX indicator is not flashing, The power level is set well above zero to 5 ,10 or 12 W. I tried DATA as FSK-Direct and PSK-Direct. With AFSK, feeding soundcard output to SSB modulator, I suppose DATA would work.
> 
> The problem appeared first as inability to calibrate. K3 Utility commanded K3S to RF power 5 W and radio responded with RF output power 0 W. TUNE was giving also 0 W RF power.
> 
> Then I set 2-Tone on and in SSB mode I got RF power as set with PWR knob. After setting MH-2 mic bias on and 2-Tone off I was able to transmit SSB to a dummy load. After setting SSB+CW I was able to transmit CW full power (12W) to dummy load in SSB mode.
> 
> With MODE set to CW or CW-R the RF power is still at 1 bar even with VOX on and PWR knob set well above zero  to 5, 10 W. TUNE gives two dashes ("- -") on main VFO  frequency display and "0.0 W" on VFO-B. RF power and K3 Utility is still unable to calibrate. TX_INHibit is set to off. I can hear my Morse code on another radio, but the RF power is very low.
> 
> I am afraid some solder joint around DSP might have failed during the bumpy UPS truck ride on old Route 66 from California to New York.