Hi Bill You probably smoked the KANT board.
The 8mhz trap seems to get smoked by nearby high power transmitters. This happened to 2 of our clubs K3's in a field day operation. We just replaced the parts and cleaned up the crispy critters(the tracks)! This happened with widely separated antennas and separate power supplies. You just about have a heart attack when smokes pours out of the K3! I would not panic, just check the KANT3 board, I could be wrong! 73 John --- On Sat, 6/26/10, NZ0T <n...@cox.net> wrote: > From: NZ0T <n...@cox.net> > Subject: [Elecraft] Bad start to FD - smoked a K3!!!! > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010, 6:06 AM > > We had one guy get on 75 with a KW with another on > 40. Guy on 40 didn't > know. He got the RFI warning, the K3 locked up and he > smelled smoke. Now > his K3 has no RX at all. I thought there was a high > power protection > circuit? We have other rigs to use but any input as > to what needs to be > done with the smoked K3 would be appreciated before he > sends it back to > Aptos. > > 73 Bill NZ0T My K3 is OK > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Bad-start-to-FD-smoked-a-K3-tp5225225p5225225.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
