Well, as soon as I sent my SOS, I realized I was telling all, I was too lazy to
switch to a beefier power supply to figure that out. Our course, your
suggestion solved that issue so I am getting double slow on the neuron
pathways.The voltage went from 13.5 V to 9.5V on the 6th (set for 20WPM) dash
and shutdown is around 9.2 V.Soo, my conclusion has to be that the SuperCaps in
my trusty small/expensive power supply are getting tired.I just this minute
read a review of the HPS by Phil Salas – AD5X, and he got a 2V drop at 10 WPM,
so my unit seems to be out of spec and that is a "different" issue for this
generally useful product.Thank you all for your quick response.......Happy 2015
Alan....K6ADG
On Sunday, January 11, 2015 10:45 AM, James Bennett <w6...@me.com> wrote:
What is your K3 showing as the voltage when you change the DISP to read that
instead of VFO-B frequency? Low voltage would cause the current to increase to
keep the power where you set it.
> On Sunday, Jan 11, 2015, at Sunday, 10:30 AM, alan geller via Elecraft
> <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
> What is causing my my seemingly odd occurrence of a low SWR and a high
> current shutdown on my K3 ? It just happened this morning and is very
> worrisome.
> Freq: 14.055SWR: 1.3:1Antenna: OCF dipoleSending Dits: Random Hi Curr
> warning for 45 sec and then a shutdownSending Dahs: Random Hi Curr warning
> for 10 sec and then a shutdownPower Supply: Gamma HPS-1aOther indications:
> dimming of backlight synched with XMIT approx 5 sec prior to shutdown
> Thanks for any help...this is a new issue
> Alan....K6ADG
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