[Elecraft] K3 Spontaneous Failure

[Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP]

Good advice. Don't do EEInit unless you are sure you have a good 
configuration backup. Given the state of the radio now, doing a backup 
might not give you good data.


73,
Victor, 4X6GP
Rehovot, Israel
Formerly K2VCO
CWops no. 5
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
On 06/06/2020 17:32, Bob McGraw wrote:
> Sure sounds like dirty contacts related to the front panel.    I would 
> NOT try re-initialization without being sure the radio is working as it 
> should and reliably.   One could end up with more than one issue to deal 
> with and diagnose.
> 
> 73
> 
> Bob, K4TAX
> 
> On 6/6/2020 9:11 AM, Jim McCook wrote:
>> 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