None of us are immune to ageing effects. matt W6NIA
On Tue, 01 Jan 2013 01:28:39 -0600, you wrote: >I found the problem... There is a jumper inside the preamp that needs to be >removed when used with the K3 and the accessory connector. I thought I >removed it when it arrived, but I guess my age is starting to show... > > >Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ / J68HZ/ 8P6HK/ ZF2HZ > >Owner - Operator >Big Signal Ranch >Staunton, Illinois > >email: b...@wjschmidt.com > > >-----Original Message----- >From: dse...@dseven.org [mailto:dse...@dseven.org] On Behalf Of iain >macdonnell - N6ML >Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 4:04 PM >To: b...@wjschmidt.com >Cc: Elecraft Mailing List >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 won't shut off? > >I would check inside the DE15 connector - maybe something is shorting pin 8 >to ground inside there. > >73, > > ~iain / N6ML > > >On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Dr. William J. Schmidt, II ><b...@wjschmidt.com> wrote: >> Yes, it works fine with the preamp completely removed... >> >> >> Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ / J68HZ/ 8P6HK/ ZF2HZ >> >> Owner - Operator >> Big Signal Ranch >> Staunton, Illinois >> >> email: b...@wjschmidt.com >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dse...@dseven.org [mailto:dse...@dseven.org] On Behalf Of iain >> macdonnell - N6ML >> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 3:18 PM >> To: b...@wjschmidt.com >> Cc: Elecraft Mailing List >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 won't shut off? >> >> Does the K3 power off fully if you disconnect the ACC connector? It >> sounds like something is pulling pin 8 down.... >> >> 73, >> >> ~iain / N6ML >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Dr. William J. Schmidt, II >> <b...@wjschmidt.com> wrote: >>> So I connected my PR6 - 6 meter preamp to my K3 for the first time >>> last week and work some DX. At the end of the day I go to shut the >>> radio off and the display goes blank (hear the relays disengage) but >>> all of the LEDs are still lit on the radio. and it will not turn back >>> on except to cycle the power on the power supply. I discuss this >>> with a friend and he reminds me that there was a MOD for K3's to put >>> a diode on the KPA3 board for the 12V sense circuit, but after >>> looking at the MOD sheet on the Elecraft website, it says that this >>> MOD was incorporated into the radio as of 2009 (my radio less than a >>> year old). I remove the fans to check for the 1N4148 on P68A of the >>> KPA3 and it's not there. So two questions. Has anyone else >>> experienced this phenomena, and does anyone know. was that diode >>> actually incorporated >> into the radio on the board somewhere else and mine is just bad? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ / J68HZ/ 8P6HK/ ZF2HZ/ PJ4HZ >>> >>> >>> >>> Owner - Operator >>> >>> Big Signal Ranch >>> >>> Staunton, Illinois >>> >>> >>> >>> email: <mailto:b...@wjschmidt.com> b...@wjschmidt.com >>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> 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
