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 field day operations. We just replaced the parts and cleaned up the crispy critters(the tracks)! This happened with widely separated antennas and separate power supplies. You almost have a heart attack when smokes pours out of the K3! I would not panic, just check the KANT3 board. 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
