[Elecraft] K3 Issue FIXED!!!!!

[Dave Cole]

God knows how much they beat the radio in shipping!

73, and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)
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ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources

On 7/19/20 10:30 AM, w5sum at comcast.net wrote:
> First let me thank each and every one of you for your suggestions.
> Victor, 4X6GP suggested I check all the small cables going in and out of 
> the Synthesizers and THERE IT WAS!!  One of them was completely out!!  
> Plugged it back in and all is well!!
> 
> Man you guys are great!! Thanks so much for all the help!
> 
> Ronnie W5SUM
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP
> Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2020 12:00 PM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Issue
> 
> I suggest that you call Elecraft Support on Monday. I'm sure they have a
> diagnostic procedure that they can take you through on the phone. Even
> if there IS a failure somewhere, chances are that you can fix it
> yourself with their help.
> 
> Just guessing, but I suggest you open it and make sure all the small
> coax cables to the synthesizers are well seated. Since it was recently
> shipped, something could have worked loose.
> 
> 73,
> Victor, 4X6GP
> Rehovot, Israel
> Formerly K2VCO
> CWops no. 5
> http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
> 
> On 19/07/2020 19:53, w5sum at comcast.net wrote:
>> ok I'm going to be answering several of your suggestions at once
>> here.
>>
>> First, when I powered off last night, I used the power button on the
>> K3 itself, I did not kill the power supply first
>>
>> The sub RX has been turned off and the RX Ant is NOT selected. Ant 1
>> is selected and the Antenna IS plugged into the port
>>
>> The is NO noise shown on the S meter and I have a pretty constant S3
>> to S5 noise here at my qth.
>>
>> Regardless of mode selected there is no power output, the display
>> says 0
>>
>> When I activate the tuner, regardless of band, it shows no SWR, says
>> 5 watts out, but there is NO POWER OUT of it. It always acts like it
>> is matching, or sounds like it is.
>>
>> Ronnie
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Bill Frantz Sent: Sunday, July 19,
>> 2020 11:40 AM To: w5sum at comcast.net Cc: Ian Kahn ; Elecraft
>> Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Issue
>>
>> The K3 can get antennas in a bewildering collection of ways. If the
>> RX antenna switch is on -- and this was my way of getting on reception 
>> -- it might be your problem. The K3 can also send received
>> signals out on one of the BNC connectors and expect to get them back
>> on another.
>>
>> I recommend a careful reading of the manual, perhaps in PDF form with
>> a search for "antenna". The manual is downloadable from the Elecraft
>> web site.
>>
>> 73 Bill AE6JV
>>
>> On 7/19/20 at 12:10 PM, w5sum at comcast.net wrote:
>>
>>> yes sir.. using antenna port 1 and have it selected.  HOWEVER.. I
>>> did move the antenna to port 2 and selected that port to no
>>> improvement. Same issue
>>
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