[Elecraft] [K3] Disappearing VCO error

2010-10-27 Thread Ian White GM3SEK
After the K3 had been running for a few hours yesterday evening, just listening to the bands, it stopped working with ERR PL1 (and PL2). These were genuine hardware errors - neither of the two VFOs would tune and both receivers were dead. Attempts to re-calibrate the VCOs ended with ERR VCO an

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Disappearing VCO error

2010-10-27 Thread Gary, W7TEA
I experienced a very similar problem this morning. ERR PL1 and PL2 starting popping up. Then some other errors. It happened intermittently. I was running 4.12 and then loaded the latest firmware. The errors have continued. I have an email into Elecraft support and hope for a quick solution.

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Disappearing VCO error

2010-10-28 Thread Ian White GM3SEK
Yesterday morning, I wrote: > >After the K3 had been running for a few hours yesterday evening, just >listening to the bands, it stopped working with ERR PL1 (and PL2). These >were genuine hardware errors - neither of the two VFOs would tune and >both receivers were dead. Attempts to re-calibrate t

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Disappearing VCO error

2013-06-26 Thread Frank R. Oppedijk
Hi group, For some months now, I had the same intermittent problems as Ian: after the K3 has been running for a few hours, it stops working with ERR PL1 (and PL2). The next morning, after cooling off, things are back to normal. Up to yesterday, I was always able to make this issue go away insta