[Elecraft] K3/100 suddenly shut down on FT8 TX

[Bob McGraw K4TAX]

I’m curious.  When transmitting, why would one press the POWER button on the radio other than to turn the radio off?   

Something I am missing here. 

Bob, K4TAX


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> On Jun 8, 2020, at 9:34 PM, Yoshida Akira <ja1nlx0205 at my.email.ne.jp> wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
> Thanks for suggestions. All look OK to me.
> 
> Power supply is Powerwerx ss-30DV. I do not use Powerpole connector
> in the front panel, instead use terminal in the back panel.
> 
> I use this power supply for another TRX also and have never noticed the problem.
> 
> 73
> 
>> On 2020/06/09 9:00, Yoshida Akira wrote:
>> Hi all
>> 
>> I have never seen this for many years, however I recently noticed twice
>> when transmitting FT8 with 100W. No alarm and error message.
>> When I simply push POWER button in front panel then it turns ON again.
>> 
>> PA temp, DC voltage and DC current looks good. I do not believe RFI
>> cause this problem.
>> 
>> Any idea ?
>> 
> -- 
> 73 de aki
> JA1NLX
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