[TVARC] Thanks, NP2B

[Frank]

I think the rig will SOMETIMES contribute to our problems BUT we all know the BIGGEST factor is OURSELVES!
I, for one, know that to be true for ME!!!
Therefore, to George ......... we understand. 
Frank
KA1AF

> On Dec 14, 2017, at 6:49 AM, John Ellis <john.np2b at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Frank,   
> 
> If you are at all familiar with the K3, you realize it  
> will happen to you over and over and over and over 
> again. Owning and operating a K3 or K3S is a very 
> humbling experience. Once you think you know the 
> rig well enough, something will come along and bite   
> you in the butt, and you say - "I didn't know that!"   
> or "I should have known that!"
> 
> Happens to me more than I would ever admit ...... 
> 73,   
> J    
> 
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> 
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>> On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 3:17 AM, Frank M <phrankxm at gmail.com> wrote:
>> John is simply applying the national standard troubleshooting process. First check the cockpit!!!
>> Glad you got it working again. I bet it will not happen more than one or two more times.
>> 
>> 73’s
>> Frank KA1AF 
>> 
>>> On Dec 13, 2017, at 9:06 PM, George Briggs <k2dm at att.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Folks,
>>> John, NP2B, does it again!  He suggested that, before I send my K3 with the “blown” front end
>>> to Elecraft, I should check its performance on other bands than 10M, where received signals
>>> were WAY down.  So I did.  Sonofagun, all the other bands were fine.  So I began to look elsewhere
>>> for a problem.  I shoulda begun the entire process looking for an operator error.  You see, the K3
>>> not only has two main antenna inputs, it also has an input for a separate receive antenna.  And
>>> these inputs can be selected independently by band.  Somehow, the RX ANT button had been pushed
>>> on my K3.  Since there was NO antenna connected to the RX ANT input, very few signals got
>>> through to the receiver on 10M, like ND4G, whose vertical I can almost see from my back yard,
>>> and K2PS who was using a 4-element beam at 25 feet.  Phooey!  If it hadn’t been for this issue, I
>>> might have made 20 QSOs in the 10M contest instead of 19!
>>> Thank you, John!
>>> 73,
>>> George K2DM
>>>  
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