[Elecraft] Power can be set only to 12W on 100W version-AK5X response

[Erwin Witt - DK5EW]

Thanks guys,

I will check that all again and contact elecraft as well.

happy eastern to you all and take care.

73s Erwin/DK5EW


William Hammond schrieb am 12.04.2020 20:15 (GMT +02:00):
> Hi Erwin,
> Some plenary troubleshooting might include making sure your power cables
> and
> connections are secure. The K3 is very sensitive to low (voltage) power.
> Change
> the metering to see voltage. Observe it on RX and TX. Also observe the
> current. 
> Writing to Elecraft tech support is always a good option. No one has the
> troubleshooting experience on the K3 like that that crew. I suspect they
> have
> defined troubleshooting steps for this problem.
> 
> I would be suspicious of the power.
> 
> 73, Bill-AK5X
> 
> > On Apr 12, 2020, at 11:53 AM, Erwin Witt - DK5EW <dk5ew at darc.de> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > suddenly I can set the power of my K3/100W version with the power knob
> on
> > shortwave only to max 12W and on 6m only to 8W.
> > 
> > That all happened when I was operating on shortwave the K3 got's
> suddenly
> > very hot. Hope that the finals did not shot.
> > I checked the KPA3 setting it is on "nor".
> > 
> > Any help on that ?
> > 
> > 73's Erwin/DK5EW
> > 
> > PS: now Text email not html hope it arrives
> > 
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