[Elecraft] K3 Spontaneous Failure

[donovanf at starpower.net]

Hi Jim, 


Simply disengaging and re-engaging the front panel connector several 
times will often resolve the intermittent connection temporarily. 
But it will come back... Send your radio in for repair before it becomes 
a hard fault. If you have the old unreliable front panel connectors, 
your radio surely needs some additional upgrades too. 


73 
Frank 
W3LPL 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Jim McCook" <w6ya at cox.net> 
To: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Saturday, June 6, 2020 2:11:33 PM 
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Spontaneous Failure 

Thanks to those who responded with good suggestions. This morning I 
turned it on and saw a different set of error codes, but there was 
audio. Powered off and on and saw MAIN freq display, but SUB had 
disappeared. More power off/on resulted in going back to normal 
operation. It has been fine for the last hour. Will try the re 
initialization if it fails again. It may be the pins on front panel as 
some have suggested. I hesitate to pull off the front panel, but will 
talk to a friend who assembled his K3 about that. 73, Jim W6YA 
______________________________________________________________ 
Elecraft mailing list 
Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft 
Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm 
Post: mailto:Elecraft at mailman.qth.net 

This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net 
Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html 
Message delivered to donovanf at starpower.net