[Elecraft] K3 issue

[David Hachadorian]

Does it have gold pins on the front panel connectors?  If not, all kinds 
of strange problems can arise.

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ

On 11/19/2021 5:52 PM, Dick Frey wrote:
> My k3 keeps losing its mind. One day it won't transmit SSB - I can whistle
> up 100W but speech gives 5W of avg and ~15W peak.
> On another day it says "KAT500 not turned ON". I have a KPA500 but no
> KAT500.
> My fix for both these has been to do a factory reset and reload my last
> saved configuration -- not something you want to do in the middle of a
> contest.
> Any ideas on what might be causing its lapse into insanity?