[Elecraft] POWER LOCKED

[Bob Gibson]

Great advice!! I will do for sure!!
    73s Bob W5RG


      From: Rick WA6NHC <wa6nhc at gmail.com>
 To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net 
 Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 8:23 PM
 Subject: Re: [Elecraft] POWER LOCKED
   
Just be SURE to get the latest version of the utility, then make a 
baseline backup to start from and once all is set as you wish, make a 
'default' to fall back on.  It doesn't take much disk space to make 
backups, so you can make several (rename them to make sense to you).

Rick nhc


On 2/21/2018 6:05 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
> A bit of advice.......using the Elecraft Utility, once you get the 
> radio working and configured as you desire, perform a backup of the 
> radio configuration and save this to a folder and file on your computer.
>
> I usually do this before I start messing with values and settings.   
> That way, when I get things totally out of whack { and I do} , I can 
> get back to basically where I started.    It eliminates a lot of "what 
> now?"
>
> 73
>
> Bob, K4TAX
>
>
>
>
> On 2/21/2018 7:49 PM, Bob Gibson via Elecraft wrote:
>> Don.. I did do the EEINIT ..ANYWAY..it works now and I'm a happy 
>> camper as they say!! But I am going to go thru the whole menu and set 
>> it up!! Thanks for your help!!
>>      73s Bob W5RG
>>
>>
>>        From: Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com>
>>   To: Bob Gibson <w5rg at yahoo.com>; Carl Clawson 
>> <clawsoncw at gmail.com>; "Elecraft at mailman.qth.net" 
>> <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>>   Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 7:44 PM
>>   Subject: Re: [Elecraft] POWER LOCKED
>>     Bob,
>>
>> That must have been set on by the prior owner.
>> Had you done an EEINIT, it would have wiped those menu items back to
>> factory defaults.
>>
>> You might want to go through the menus (both user and CONFIG) to see if
>> the other menu setting match your operating preferences.
>> That is a part of "getting to know your K3" - especially important when
>> buying a used one.  You never know why the prior owner had selected
>> particular menu items.
>>
>> 73,
>> Don W3FPR
>>
>> On 2/21/2018 8:32 PM, Bob Gibson via Elecraft wrote:
>>> WOW THAT WORKED TU TU...Thanks Carl..very much...it worked!!!!
>>>        73s Bob W5RG
>>>
>>>
>>>          From: Carl Clawson <clawsoncw at gmail.com>
>>>    To: "Elecraft at mailman.qth.net" <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>>>    Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 6:37 PM
>>>    Subject: Re: [Elecraft] POWER LOCKED
>>>      Another thing to try:
>>>
>>> Press and hold the Menu button for a second to enter the Config menu.
>>>
>>> Rotate the VFO B knob until you see the PWR SET entry. Tap '1' and 
>>> see if
>>> it unlocks your power control.
>>>
>>> This is a feature that was introduced to keep other ops from messing 
>>> with
>>> transmit settings. It locks power, compression, and mic gain.
>>
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