Just curious. What does anyone recommend for a signal generator to use for this kind of diagnostic process. I am looking for something fairly low cost as I hope I won't be doing this very often.
Eric wb7sde On Thu, Jul 17, 2014, at 02:55 AM, Rick Stealey wrote: > Guy, thanks for the tip. I will give it a try. > A relay in the kxv3 rev 2 failed, an Omron part. It is now obsolete. > Elecraft sells a new rev 3 version of the kxv3 for $88 as an upgrade. > You trade in your defective module. > > The failure occurred during the night that we had electrical storms so I > assumed some solid state part in the rx path had probably gotten zapped. > But we could inject a weak signal after the kxv3 and hear it, but not > before it. Of course that sounds like a simple diagnosis, and it is when > you are reading the final outcome, but not when your rig is spread out on > the bench. > > > From: k2av....@gmail.com > > Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 16:06:24 -0400 > > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 receiver troubleshooting > > To: rstea...@hotmail.com > > CC: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Rick Stealey <rstea...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Thanks to all who offered helpful suggestions. They were all via email - > > > you notice there were no helpful postings on the reflector. Anyway, it's > > > working again and I'm a happy camper. > > > > I note you did not post what the actual solution was. You are the only > > source for that information. > > > > Just a reminder that the Elecraft reflector is not an Elecraft > > technical support email address. While Elecraft employees may post > > here from time to time to answer email on the reflector, there is no > > guarantee that Elecraft employees or Elecraft owners will answer a > > particular question. For Elecraft help from Elecraft employees one > > should use supp...@elecraft.com or k3supp...@elecraft.com with issues. > > These emails are answered during normal business days and hours. > > > > Reflector readers are not under contract to Elecraft to answer posts, > > nor is there a requirement that someone who does answer a reflector > > post must do so on the reflector. > > > > Personally, I rarely offer help across this or any other reflector any > > more, because it is too hard to keep track of helping email threads. I > > set up a new folder with an intelligent name for a corresponder with > > filters to put new mail from him/her in that folder. Not putting that > > help conversation on the reflector also avoids trash talk (both on and > > off reflector) from a certain kind of reflector user which otherwise > > is a real and ugly disincentive. I will sometimes convert to telephone > > conversations if the writing becomes too complex. All that goes on > > without a clue on a reflector I was there. > > > > I would say that it's up to the person who asked for help to post the > > eventual solution on the reflector. This makes the answer compact and > > only relates the answer that actually worked. And it cuts down on > > noise when someone is later searching archives for a solution. > > > > Clearly those who answered you off-reflector saw the post on the > > reflector and so it would seem to me that the Elecraft reflector > > worked well. But email correspondence is no match for a technical > > buddy with test equipment working right there with you on the physical > > equipment. :>) > > > > As to the schematics, using the current Adobe Reader to display the > > schematic PDF's, the search function will find all the occurrences of > > a wire label very quickly. I have found Elecraft schematics **very > > easy** to navigate and use with Adobe Reader. I decidedly prefer > > Elecraft schems to the microscopic lines in the paper schematic of my > > FT1000MP, and having to pencil trace a wire as it snakes around the > > page. > > > > To find the KXV3, bring up the June, 2010 version of the K3 schematic > > PDF with a current Adobe Reader. Hit CTRL-F. This will bring up a blue > > "find" window at the upper right. Type in kxv3 and hit <enter>. You > > can repeat the search to see every instance of the characters kxv3 > > (case insensitive) anywhere in the PDF. > > > > Huge help in chasing stuff in PDF schematics. > > > > 73, and glad you found the trouble. > > > > Guy K2AV > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 e...@evross.com -- Eric Ross ______________________________________________________________ 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
