Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Hi Curr Warning

2014-01-07 Thread Tighe Kuykendall
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Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Hi Curr Warning

2014-01-07 Thread Tighe Kuykendall
Sorry about the empty message. Not sure what happened. Wanted to close the loop on this. Thanks to those that responded off-list. I was running MCU 1.57 firmware which is where I was seeing high current warnings. I hadn't noticed the changes in MCU 1.61 but just upgraded to MCU 1.79 and

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Hi Curr Warning

2013-12-21 Thread Tighe Kuykendall
Similar issue here for a while. When I first built the KX3 it calibrated out using the KX3 utility fine. Several months later (Summer 2013) I was at the bench and re-ran the calibrations using a power supply and dummy load. Cal failed on 10m with High Current. I upgraded firmware and

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Hi Curr Warning

2013-12-15 Thread Gary Hawkins
: Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Hi Curr Warning Hi Mark, I have revision C2 of the manual and, if I remember correctly, theimportant power voltage setting is 11V for full power. Thatbeing said, if 13.8V is what is required this may explain what'sgoing on. The SLA nominal voltage is marginal. I'm going

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Hi Curr Warning

2013-12-15 Thread Gary Hawkins
: ‎Fri, ‎Dec‎ ‎13‎, ‎2013 at ‎9‎:‎04‎ ‎AM To: Mark Petiford rv6am...@yahoo.com; elecraft@mailman.qth.net elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Hi Curr Warning Hi Mark, I have revision C2 of the manual and, if I remember correctly, theimportant power voltage setting is 11V

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Hi Curr Warning

2013-12-13 Thread Gary Hawkins
more current to produce the requested output. 73 Ron AC7AC -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gary Hawkins Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 4:36 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] [KX3] Hi Curr

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Hi Curr Warning

2013-12-13 Thread Mark Petiford
it I will reproduce it here, with the proper credit, of course. Mark KE6BB From: Ralf Wilhelmr...@super-deutschland.net Sent: ‎Fri, ‎Dec‎ ‎13‎, ‎2013 at ‎2‎:‎24‎ ‎AM To: Gary Hawkins g...@hawkins-zhu.com CC: elecraft@mailman.qth.net elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Hi Curr

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Hi Curr Warning

2013-12-13 Thread Don Wilhelm
The KX3 and all other Elecraft transceivers that use a similar power control mechanism will attempt to maintain the requested power output. If the power supply voltage drops, the current must increase to maintain the requested power output. That often means that the High Current threshold will

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Hi Curr Warning

2013-12-13 Thread Gary Hawkins
it here, with the proper credit, of course. Mark KE6BB From: Ralf Wilhelmr...@super-deutschland.net Sent: ‎Fri, ‎Dec‎ ‎13‎, ‎2013 at ‎2‎:‎24‎ ‎AM To: Gary Hawkins g...@hawkins-zhu.com CC: elecraft@mailman.qth.net elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Hi Curr Warning Hi Gary

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Hi Curr Warning

2013-12-13 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
current is required. So lower voltage supplies bring you closer to a HI CURR situation. 73, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- From: Gary Hawkins [mailto:g...@hawkins-zhu.com] Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 8:11 PM To: Ron D'Eau Claire; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Hi

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Hi Curr Warning

2013-12-13 Thread Mark Petiford
Gary,I didn't find the table, but I did find two relevant posts: This was the problem reported by one poster: During xmit at modest power 8 - 9 watts, I occasionally see a msg flash on the display that shows hi curr.  It seems that when that happens, the xmit power gets reset to 5.0 watts.  I

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Hi Curr Warning

2013-12-13 Thread Mark Petiford
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[Elecraft] [KX3] Hi Curr Warning

2013-12-12 Thread Gary Hawkins
On my last two SOTA outings I've experienced HI CURR warning with the KX3. I've read this is associated with low battery voltage or low antenna impedance. I think at one time there was also a software bug associated with specific settings that was fixed with a firmware release. My setup

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Hi Curr Warning

2013-12-12 Thread Ralf Wilhelm
Hi Gary, The maximum specified output power of the KX3 is 8 Watts on 12, 10 and 6 meters (I think so). This would explain folding back on 10 but not on 15 meters and certainly does not explain the display issue. Greetings Ralf,DL6OAP Am 13.12.2013 um 01:36 schrieb Gary Hawkins

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Hi Curr Warning

2013-12-12 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Of Gary Hawkins Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 4:36 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] [KX3] Hi Curr Warning On my last two SOTA outings I've experienced HI CURR warning with the KX3. I've read this is associated with low battery voltage or low antenna impedance. I think at one time

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Hi Curr Warning

2013-12-12 Thread Gary Hawkins
4:36 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] [KX3] Hi Curr Warning On my last two SOTA outings I've experienced HI CURR warning with the KX3. I've read this is associated with low battery voltage or low antenna impedance. I think at one time there was also a software bug associated