[Elecraft] A broken K3

[David Olean]

Hello Jack, I have responded to Keith and am following his directions. 
He had lots of good info for me to try, and I am grateful for that.

Dave, K1WHS

On 3/25/2020 5:48 AM, Jack Brindle wrote:
> David;
>
> Go back and re-read the message from Keith Trinity. Keith is one of the guys down in Watsonville and knows more about the K3 than just about anyone.
>
> To put it another way, you were indeed contacted by Customer Support.
>
> 73!
> Jack, W6FB
>
>
>> On Mar 24, 2020, at 7:46 PM, David Olean <K1WHS at metrocast.net> wrote:
>>
>> I swapped out the non working synthesizer with a good one I had removed for an upgrade. The new one did not work either, so it is something else. I tried calibrating both synthesizers and received an error message ERROR 00044 on both of them.  I have been trying to contact Elecraft support, but have no joy there yet.
>>
>> I guess I need to study the schematics some more. I must be missing a voltage somewhere. I tried re seating the connectors on many of the boards including the front panel. No luck there either, but I will try again tomorrow and use some DE-OXIT.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Dave K1WHS
>>
>> On 3/25/2020 2:14 AM, Wilson Lamb wrote:
>>> Why wouldn't you change  the synth?
>>> I wouldn't even think of troubleshooting such a complicated, but free, board!
>>> A bad one will obviously shut down both RX and TX!
>>> WL
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