[Elecraft] K3 that has gone deaf

[David Hachadorian]

Hi George,

Maybe the second paragraph from Elecraft here will help:
https://marc.info/?l=elecraft&m=145323127930319&w=2

73

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ

On 10/12/2022 9:54 AM, George Fremin III wrote:
> I have a K3 that has gone deaf.  It can bearly hear my XG1 at 50 uV
> plugged into either the RX or ANT-1 ports.
>
> It does not have an antenna tuner.
>
> I have removed KXV3 option and put jummpers in W1 and W2.
>
> It remains deaf.
>
> >From doing some reading I see that D25 could be the issue. 
>
> Is there a way for me to prove that or do I just need to replace D25
> to find out?
>
> I do notice that if I touch some areas on the bottom board the signal
> does increase.
>
> Thanks
>