I've been having power on problems with my K3 since picking it up last Thursday in Aptos. Initially, the problem was that it would not power up immediately upon pressing the POWER button. Sometimes the power on would be delayed and other times it just wouldn't happen. But, usually, after several button presses, the power would come on.
Just now as I was proofing the manual and using the K3 in the process, it started acting up. Now, it is hard to get it to turn on and when I am successful, it is locked up with no response from any of the buttons or knobs. It had MCU 1.17 and DSP 1.32 installed when I picked it up at Elecraft. When you asked us to try MCU 1.18, I loaded it, but not until you put the second version up. The download appeared to work fine. Currently, this K3 will only power on once after the APP power cord is connected. Thereafter, I have to remove the power cord, reconnect it and then it will power up in its frozen state. The VFO-A and VFO-B values are what they were when the radio last worked. But the filter graphic and filter icon (FL1, etc.) are completely blank. Also, the LEDs are on full bright, when I had them set for minimum brightness. The display is also fully bright. I tried downloading MCU 1.18 again and got the 'Err DSE' in VFO-B. Subsequent tries to download are unsuccessful ... they don't even get started. What can I do now? Ed _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
