Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 failure

2021-04-08 Thread Julia Tuttle
Would you be willing to share it? I'm morbidly curious at this point. On Thu, Apr 8, 2021, 23:02 Andy Durbin wrote: > "It's still working over 30 minutes after the fridge cold soak." > > I was tricked by confirmation bias. The cold soak was not what fixed the > problem. > > My controller sent

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 failure

2021-04-08 Thread Andy Durbin
"It's still working over 30 minutes after the fridge cold soak." I was tricked by confirmation bias. The cold soak was not what fixed the problem. My controller sent a valid command that the KAT500 firmware took exception to. I'll withhold the details but other KAT500 users will not

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 failure

2021-04-08 Thread Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP
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[Elecraft] 75 m. SSB Net from Sunday 4-4-2021

2021-04-08 Thread Eric Lanzl
While Paul KB9AVO is out of town, I  WB9JNZ took the 75M net. Here are the stations checking in to the net WB9JNZ    Eric IL  K3  substitute net controlK8NU    Carl OH    Yaesu FT 101DXAE6JV  Bill   NH    K3WM6P  Steve   GA   

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 failure

2021-04-08 Thread Andy Durbin
"I guess that the 10uF electric capacitor connected to LM7805 output is a possible cause." All the front panel LED seem to be on that same 5V rail and they stay normal brightness in the fault condition. I suspect something, other than low voltage is killing the MCU. It's still working over

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 failure

2021-04-08 Thread Keith Onishi
I guess that the 10uF electric capacitor connected to LM7805 output is a possible cause. 73 de JH3SIF, Keith > 2021/04/09 7:35、Andy Durbin のメール: > > "I'm suspecting the KAT500 has a thermal problem. Does anyone recognize > these symptoms and know a probable cause?" > > I put it in the

Re: [Elecraft] KAT500 failure

2021-04-08 Thread Andy Durbin
"I'm suspecting the KAT500 has a thermal problem. Does anyone recognize these symptoms and know a probable cause?" I put it in the fridge for 30 minutes and now it powers up normally, connects to KAT Utility and responds to utility commands. It's clear it's a thermal problem but which

[Elecraft] KAT500 failure

2021-04-08 Thread Andy Durbin
My KAT500 has stopped communicating with my controller and does not power up normally. With PC data cable removed, when I pull and replace the power plug the KAT500 powers up with a relay clunk and with MAN and ANT 1 LED lit. All front panel buttons are unresponsive. The same thing happened a

[Elecraft] KAT-500 Increasingly Erratic

2021-04-08 Thread Andy Durbin
"The KPA-500 is a pleasure to operate but the KAT500 has been increasingly erratic to the point where it no longer tunes 7Mhz, even connected to a cantenna. The other bands are erratic and sometimes it is several tries." I assume you are saying that a manually initiated autotune attempt

Re: [Elecraft] WTB Elecraft XG3 Signal Source

2021-04-08 Thread KK1W
Howard, I have an XG-3. In like new condition, used maybe twice. Original box and all accessories. I would take $250 plus USPS Priority shipping. 73... Jim/KK1W Elecraft mailing list wrote > I want to buy an Elecraft XG3 signal source. If you have one to sell, > please contact me describing