I was under the impression that the battery is only used to power the real-time clock, and config is stored in EEPROM/flash.
If I was Tom, I'd try the "EE INIT" (page 66 in the manual) and see what happens... ~iain / N6ML On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV <li...@subich.com> wrote: > > Replace the memory back-up battery ... it's probably dead and you > are losing the configuration each time you remove power. > > 73, > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > > On 9/10/2011 4:02 PM, cx...@4email.net wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have been away for 3 months. The K3 was completely disconnected from >> antennas, power supply, including removing the PP from the back of the rig. >> Today I decided to update the firmware and when I turned the power on, I >> got err BP1, then LPF, IO3, IF1, XV3, AT3, PA1, and BP3. After that, it >> worked fine. I hooked it up to dummy load and got full power on all >> bands...turned it off, same result, BP1, LPF, etc. I could use any of >> the rocker switches/buttons on the front panel and any of them would >> cycle to next error msg, in the same order as the first time..then work >> ok. I had an older firmware so decided to put 4.39 in the radio, along >> with the DSP1/DSP2. AFter the successful download, same thing....power >> up....BP1, LPF, etc. >> >> Any ideas, suggestions? >> >> 73 >> Tom >> CX7TT >> P.S. K3 #250, factory built...3 times back to the factory, so far.... >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html