[TVARC] Thanks, NP2B

[Daniel McKinney]

Hang in there Frank!!!!!

On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 11:08 AM Frank <phrankxm at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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> 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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