[Elecraft] [K3] Stuck in Transmit
My K3/10 is stuck in transmit. I recently changed power strip/surge protector for the power supply to a strip that uses one of the pieces of equipment as a control to turn all the others on and off. I have my Mac Mini as the control piece of equipment with the monitor and printer power controlled by the computer. The Astron RS-35M, which supplies power to the K3, is in a non-switched plug on the power strip. I have read the K3 Owners Manual and can not find any solution for the problem. I have checked that K3 is not in VOX, and that the PTT is not stuck. Additionally, if I go into the MENU or CONFIG modes, the VFO B knob does not change the display, so I cannot check the configuration. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 73 de Dave KJ6CBS __ 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] [K3] Stuck in Transmit
Thanks for the suggestions. Seemed to have cured the problem (at least for now). I sure do enjoy having this forum for getting help since I am somewhat of a novice to the ham community and the K3. 73 de Dave KJ6CBS __ 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] K3 stuck in transmit?
My K3 is stuck in transmit. As soon as it powers on, it goes straight into transmit. Nothing I've tried has corrected the problem. At this point, there's nothing connected to the K3 except power and a dummy load, still can't get it out of transmit. Doesn't want to respond to the serial port (when it's hooked up, of course) either. Ideas? 73, Ross N4RP -- FCC Section 97.313(a) “At all times, an amateur station must use the minimum transmitter power necessary to carry out the desired communications.” __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Stuck in Transmit
Have you tried removing power from the K3 and then power it on? 73, Bill K9YEQ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David Guernsey Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 3:00 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] [K3] Stuck in Transmit My K3/10 is stuck in transmit. I recently changed power strip/surge protector for the power supply to a strip that uses one of the pieces of equipment as a control to turn all the others on and off. I have my Mac Mini as the control piece of equipment with the monitor and printer power controlled by the computer. The Astron RS-35M, which supplies power to the K3, is in a non-switched plug on the power strip. I have read the K3 Owners Manual and can not find any solution for the problem. I have checked that K3 is not in VOX, and that the PTT is not stuck. Additionally, if I go into the MENU or CONFIG modes, the VFO B knob does not change the display, so I cannot check the configuration. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 73 de Dave KJ6CBS __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 stuck in transmit?
Ross, If you have everything disconnected from the K3 except power and a dummy load, then I have no really good ideas of the cause. Are you certain it is in Transmit? Is there any power output developed? If it is really in transmit and power out is developed, I would suggest trying an EEINIT - hopefully you have a saved configuration file so you don't have to do all the re-calibration process manually. See the manual section on Parameter Initialization for the steps involved. 73, Don W3FPR On 4/19/2013 7:14 PM, Ross Primrose wrote: My K3 is stuck in transmit. As soon as it powers on, it goes straight into transmit. Nothing I've tried has corrected the problem. At this point, there's nothing connected to the K3 except power and a dummy load, still can't get it out of transmit. Doesn't want to respond to the serial port (when it's hooked up, of course) either. Ideas? 73, Ross N4RP __ 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
