[Elecraft] K3 Apparent PA failure ?

[Brian Hunt]

Do you have a saved CONFIG file you can reload?  Maybe those data got garbled by the nonstandard shutdown?  GL!

Brian, K0DTJ



> On Apr 9, 2018, at 08:31, Martin Sole <hs0zed at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> My K3 died today, somehow. The radio works fine on receive and appears to transmit just there is no power indication on my external meter or on the front panel when pressing TUNE. There is ALC indication but no power out indication.The only thing I did different was to switch off the supply before the radio, something I normally never do. Having noted others having issues with that I reloaded the firmware. Still no output. Starting to think that somehow the PA is fried or possibly the driver as there is nothing from the 10 watt PA either. Tried turning the power down and putting the KPA3 into bypass. Still no power output. Not sure what else to try before I tear into it. Was going great, worked 3B7A on 3 bands today no problem.
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