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

[Yoshida Akira]

Bob

When transmitting FT8, it suddenly shut down (power OFF) Of course I do 
not touch
any button. It looks as if I push Power button.

After a while I push Power button and it turns power ON.  Maybe Power 
button problem ???

73

On 2020/06/09 11:42, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
> 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
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> 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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73 de aki
JA1NLX