[Elecraft] K3 issue

[Dave]

Dick,

Sorry to hear you are having issues, and I know this does not fix your 
current issue, but as an aside, I always do a save of system config just 
before any critical operations like contests, etc.  Makes the recovery a 
lot simpler, if needed.

73, and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)
https://www.nk7z.net
ARRL Volunteer Examiner
ARRL Technical Specialist, RFI
ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources

On 11/19/21 16:52, 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?
>