Wayne- I am a bit embarrassed about something that just happened in my shack because i think i just blew up my external 6m preamp.
I was putting in line my six meter preamp and using a db15 Y connector with my Yaesu Quadra amp on the other connector. I was not transmitting and just getting it connected and then I heard a super loud pop. I disconnected eveything and then tested the transceiver and the amp. The K3 is fine but the amp was locked. I turned off the amp and restarted it and and it was fine. I reconnected the preamp and put the antenna in direct line with the K3 disconnecting it from the amp. The preamp when energizes reduces the signal strength. I think the pop came from the preamp. It is hard for me to isolate the noise source because I had my headset on. For sure it was working for about 20 seconds and then the pop occurred. It scared my dogs and myself it was so loud. I am not sure how I can test the preamp to see if it indeed blown. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks, Keith AG6AZ Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos ______________________________________________________________ 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
