[Elecraft] Arrgh! I put 12volts into K3 antenna connector!
Kevin McGrath
kj_mcgrath at yahoo.com
Fri Mar 26 01:46:47 EDT 2021
I accidentally hooked up a bias tee (DC power injector) backwards, which put +12V into the K3's antenna connector. The results were not good: a burning smell from the rear of radio. The radio was in QRP mode (<10watts, so PA bypassed?) on 40m when it happened.
RX appears to be fine. The radio still makes 100W out, but the SWR reads 99.9 on all bands (into a dummy load). Also, the power control has no effect - power out is always 100W.
Looking at the schematic, T4 in the SWR bridge certainly would have been fried by applying 12V to the antenna connector.
What else did I damage?
KevinK6TOP
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