[Elecraft] K3 Apparent PA failure ?

[Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP]

That's what I would try next.


73,
Victor, 4X6GP
Rehovot, Israel
Formerly K2VCO
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/

Vic

On 9 Apr 2018 20:18, Brian Hunt wrote:
> 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:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> 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.