[Elecraft] K3s Transmit question

[Don Wilhelm]

Gary,

Are you working in DATA A mode, and driving the audio to 4 bars solid 
with the 5th bar flickering on the ALC meter?

That is the No ALC point for the K3/K3S/KX2/KX3.  The lower bars are 
there to give you a guide to adjust the audio.

So the common internet advice not to drive into ALC is being observed - 
it is just that to point where that occurs is at a full 5th bar on the 
ALC meter.

Moving the power knob "reactivates" the power control circuits, but if 
you do not have enough audio, the power will not be steady - the radio 
will "power hunt"

73,
Don W3FPR

On 8/12/2018 11:12 AM, Gary Smith wrote:
> Last night while using the K3s and WSJT-X
> on meteor Scatter in the MSK144 mode I was
> making numerous contacts. I stopped for
> awhile and returned, this time noticing I
> was not putting out any output from the
> amp.
> 
> The rig went into the transmit state, and
> the relay engaged on the amp. There was a
> small grid current on the amp as one gets
> with key down and no transmitted signal.
> When I eventually moved the power control
> on the K3s ever so slightly, it
> transmitted properly. I had to do this
> several times but did not notice it
> before.
> 
> I re-loaded the factory settings with the
> Elecraft Utility and the issue remains
> albeit it is intermittent. Slightly moving
> the power knob resolves the issue.