[Elecraft] [P3] P3 woes - internal display inop

[Dave (NK7Z)]

Hi,
I had the exact same issue, with the exact same symptoms, sent it into 
Elecraft, got it back, and it worked until I sold it.

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

On 2/24/23 07:05, Dave New, N8SBE wrote:
> Well my 10+ yr old P3 seems to have finally bit the dust.
> 
> I had been having issues with getting the internal display to turn on 
> when powering the P3 up.
> 
> I had found that by letting it run for a minute or so (the external 
> display always worked), that I could then quickly cycle the power button 
> off/on and get the internal display to come on.
> 
> I tended to leave the K3s and P3 on all the time, just because it had 
> become a PITA to deal with this behavior.
> 
> I had posted about this previously, and had a couple of possible 
> suggestions:
> 
> 1) Power it from the main station supply, instead of the K3s - tried 
> with no discernable change in behavior.
> 2) Open it up and unplug/re-plug all the cables, etc. to clean the 
> contacts - tried with no discernable change in behavior.
> 
> So, we had a power outage a couple of evenings ago, and that seems to 
> have finally screwed the pooch.
> 
> I can no longer get the internal display on at all.
> Only through some fiddling with the P3 power button can I get the 
> external display to come up.
> When the external display comes up, it seems that the P3 is operating in 
> a factory default condition.
> The resolution is low, it is in center tracking mode (which I never 
> use), etc.
> The most annoying aspect of this is that I cannot see the menu which 
> shows initially on the internal display, so I cannot reset the external 
> display resolution, etc.
> 
> Any more ideas/help for this, or do I have to pack it up and send to the 
> mother ship for repair, only to have to wait for ever because of parts 
> shortages?
> 
> I really miss my SVGA waterfall display.
> 
> 73,
> -- Dave, N8SBE
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