Does he want to use CW or voice mode? If he wants to use voice, the mic will pick up whatever is in the room and transmit it.
Also, if he wants to operate with voice, he really needs to set it up with the steps on page 15 of the manual. Really. wunder K6WRU CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ On Oct 18, 2014, at 6:14 PM, n...@comcast.net wrote: > My brother, W8TXT, has a problem with his KX3. In PTT, when he presses XMIT, > the KX3 puts out 3 or 4 watts with the cw key still open. When the closes the > CW key it puts out 10 to 12 watts and stays at that level. In LSB, he hits > PTT and gets the same 3 to 4 watts out without an mic audio. Sometimes the > KX3 power out on the display agrees with his watt meter. At other times he > does not see any power out indication on the KX3 display. In VOX he gets the > same results however, he does see a quick "High Current" message flash up > very quickly on the display when he keys it. Any ideas would be greatly > appreciated. TNX es 73, Dave N8AG > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 wun...@wunderwood.org ______________________________________________________________ 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