[Elecraft] A broken K3

[David Olean]

Hi Merv,

The HI RFI message may be a different problem. I know it can relate to 
blown PIN diodes. Been there Done that!  I am seeing no RF coming out of 
the synthesizer and that would cause my RX and TX problem. Thanks for 
the hints though. I appreciate any and all comments.

Dave K1WHS

On 3/25/2020 3:35 AM, K9FD wrote:
> I recently had a Hi RFI alarm,  I could not clear it,
> ended up being the KIO3 board set had a problem,  since I had a
> new one on hand to upgrade to,  installing it solved the HI RFI
> problem.
> Looking back it seems that my failure came from a lightning pulse,
> not a strike but a nearby cloud to cloud and it burned out the ant
> input on the KIO3..
>
> Yours may be much different,  just relating my problem with HI RFI.
>
> 73 Merv K9FD
>
>> Dave,
>>
>> HI RFI means the sensor on the RX antenna input is seeing a high 
>> level of RF.  If you are operating into an antenna, switch to a dummy 
>> load while you are troubleshooting.  It just might be a quirk of your 
>> setup, and if you have no RX Antenna connected, it could be a 
>> troubleshooting tool for you.
>>
>> 73,
>> Don W3FPR
>>
>> On 3/24/2020 2:02 PM, David Olean wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks so much to all who responded.  One thing I did not mention is 
>>> that I get a "HI RFI" error message at times when I key the radio.  
>>> It makes me wonder if there is something else wrong.
>>>
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