Hi, I think when reading about "all" the problems, you need to keep in mind that the vast majority of Elecraft owners do NOT experience problems. Those of us that are not having a problem do not get on the list to mention we are not having problems.
If memory servers me correctly, this "problem" was caused by a nearby lightning strike, so no matter what equipment a person might be running, there would be problems! I own a couple of K3's, P3, KAT500 tuner, KPA500 amp and am extremely pleased in their performance, using them on an almost daily basis. I have no vested interest in Elecraft, but truly believe there is no better product on the market. 73 de Jim - KE8G Sent from my iPad > On Jul 8, 2014, at 12:13 AM, Raymond Bass <w7...@att.net> wrote: > > I've been thinking about getting the K3, P3 and the amp but with all these > problems I keep seeing I hesitate to purchase. I talked to a few owner that > love the k3 so perhaps this is only a small group that has problems or do a > lot of owners have these problems? I ned to know more before I shell out a > lot of hard to dollars. Any suggestion fellows? > > W7YKN > > > > On Monday, July 7, 2014 8:03 PM, Don Wilhelm <w3...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > > > > Bill, > > I cannot assure you that this is not some delayed effect of the > lightning strike, > However, try doing the TX Gain Calibration before anything else. You may > want to run it 2 or 3 times if it does not help initially. > > If that does not correct it, you will have to contact support for > further assistance. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > >> On 7/7/2014 10:09 PM, NZ0T wrote: >> My K3 SN 1502 with MCU 4.83 is exhibiting a strange surge in transmit power >> level. When the rig is keyed in CW with the power set all the way up power >> output surges from a high of around 140 (!) watts down to 60 watts and back >> in a rapid fashion. It is at it's worst on 30 meters shows at least a high >> power spike on all bands except 160 and 80 before it settles down to around >> 100 watts. If I turn the power down the cycling is much less severe but >> there is still a leading spike of around 140 watts. I have tried reloading >> the firmware with no luck. I have checked all my jumpers and connections >> and they are fine and the rig does this even straight into a dummy load. My >> power supply is an Astron RS-35M in great shape. >> >> I should mention that we suffered a lightning strike last Labor Day weekend >> that took out my Ten Tec tuner, W2 wattmeter and a few other things but the >> K3 was not affected at all and I hope this problem is not some delayed thing >> from that strike! >> >> An ideas? The rig is almost six years old - maybe I need to open it up and >> make sure screws are all tight? >> >> 73 Bill NZ0T > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to w7...@att.net > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to k...@cox.net ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
