Re: [Elecraft] K3 displayed power out is incorrect

2023-12-05 Thread Keith Trinity WE6R
Hi Gary; Look in from with the top off at the RF board where the KAT3 or KANT3 board plugs in. Check T4 for darkening, it gets cooked if DC is applied to the antenna connector (like a remote preamp power connected backwards or similar). You mentioned a remote tuner? Does it get power up the coa

Re: [Elecraft] K3 displayed power out is incorrect

2023-12-04 Thread Michael Carter via Elecraft
Hi Gary, The K3 computes forward and reflected power from samples taken in the SWR bridge circuit. A Tif X Gain calibration could fail because the forward power reading is incorrect due to a failure in that portion of the SWR bridge circuit. Do you have the KAT3 ATU in your K3? If so, be sure tha

[Elecraft] K3 displayed power out is incorrect

2023-12-04 Thread Gary Hill via Elecraft
During operation with a home-brew mag-loop antenna, my K3 (#1222) dropped power to just under 50W (by the display).  There had been an occasional arc in the external loop tuner, so I'm assuming that was the cause of the K3 failure.  Subsequently, running the 50W TX Gain Calibration, some bands p