I once spent the better part of a day wondering why my K3 was deaf. Discovered that every receiver in the shack was also deaf. Finally found that a surge protector in the antenna chain was bad — and that happened because every receiver in the shack was also deaf.
Yes, maybe you may have a K3 issue. But you need a firm way to make sure that you’re actually getting signal to the receiver input. Grant NQ5T > On Jan 21, 2020, at 2:41 PM, John Unger <w4au.j...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Wow, guys, thank you all for the suggestions of things to check, but still > no joy... > > Here's your suggestions that I have checked: > voltage - 13.6 > RX ANT not on > I uploaded a couple of old config files - not change > Turning RF GAIN fully CCW puts SWR meter at full scale > My other K3 hears FB on all the antennas > This K3 doesn't have an ATU > Switching an antenna in and out makes no apparent difference in received > signals > No change in BP filters; they have been working fine for long time. > > I do operate SO2R. The last time radio was working OK was during the NAQP > CW contest where I was running 100W. I have operated KW amps in the past on > each radio without any front end problems (but there's always the first > time, right?). > > Thanks again for the help > > 73 - John, W4AU > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ghyoung...@gmail.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
