[Elecraft] P3 Failure, and question

[Rick Stanback]

My P3 does the same thing.  If i keep cycling power it eventually comes
on and works.  I suspect there is a bad capacitor in the LCD backlight
power.  I have not actually looking into it yet.

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"If you are not the lead dog, the scenary never changes"
Rick Stanback
N4WCQ


On Mon, 2021-04-12 at 04:41 -0700, Dave Cole wrote:
> A bit more data:
> 
> 1.  The (3 utility can talk to it.
> 2.  If I try and capture an image, it goes through the motions, but
> no 
> image is captured.
> 3.  It accepts commands via a keyboard.
> 4.  A load from the last config file did not correct things.
> 5.  A full power off and on did not correct things.
> 
> 73, and thanks,
> Dave (NK7Z)
> https://www.nk7z.net
> ARRL Volunteer Examiner
> ARRL Technical Specialist, RFI
> ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources
> 
> On 4/12/21 4:27 AM, Dave Cole wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > My P3 seems to have had a display failure.  The SVGA is working, as
> > I 
> > can control the K3 via macros fired at it via the keyboard input. 
> > It 
> > failed to light off once before, but that seemed a one off thing,
> > not it 
> > seems permanent.
> > 
> > Has anyone seen this before?  If so, what was the cause?
> > 
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