Glad to hear that both you and your station are fully functioning, Carter! 73, Wayne N6KR
On Mar 5, 2017, at 6:36 AM, "Carter Craigie" <carter...@verizon.net> wrote: > Good Morning fellow Elecrafters, > Thanks to the many Elecraft KX3 users' suggestions I now have my KX3 station > back up and running with the PX3 AND the KXPA100 Amp. > What did I do? > I unplugged every cable I had going to the whole system (and actually took > the time to make and apply labels on each and every cable) and dressed up > all of the cables nicely. Now the rat's nest of cables is all neatly coiled > and tied and sufficiently separated from the coaxial antenna cable. > The main thing I worked on was to make sure that the RF-45 plug was seated > (with a good solid "click" sound into the back of the amp). > My thanks especially to my good friend Don Wilhelm, W3FPR, who has helped me > throughout my whole Elecraft life. Thank you, Sir! > > On a personal note, I had had some chest pains last Sunday while walking our > dog Ditzy, and, on Monday, my wife Kay drove me to the hospital ER. I stayed > in the hospital all that day, that night, and all through Tuesday. I had > lots of blood tests (every 3 hours) and had numerous important tests (such > as an Echo Cardiogram, a stress test, and a CAT Scan) throughout the day on > Tuesday. I was released after the hospital gurus were 80% sure that I hadn't > had a heart attack. On Friday my own personal physician gave me a thorough > examination and was able to interpret all of those hospital tests. He sent > me home with some new prescriptions and the advice to take it easy and to > stay in and near the house for a few days. > I was planning on doing a little operating using my great KX3 for some R&R, > but had run into the problems I have written about earlier. This morning all > is well again with the radio, antenna, and the whole system. Thanks again > everybody! > 73, > Carter Craigie, N3AO > Blacksburg, Va > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 n...@elecraft.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
