Hi Gary,
I was using text decode on transmit when suddenly very few of the
buttons on the front panel of the K3 would perform their normal
function. Some produced no response ie - MENU and CONFIG do not work at
all, SUB does not work at all. Many buttons produce a response which is
Do you have a saved K3 configuration file? If so, do an EEINIT (see
Parameter Initialization in the manual) and reload the configuration.
That will give you something to accomplish while waiting for the support
people to wake up this morning.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 11/26/2012 3:41 AM, chas
On 26/11/2012 12:19, Don Wilhelm wrote:
Do you have a saved K3 configuration file? If so, do an EEINIT (see
Parameter Initialization in the manual) and reload the configuration.
That will give you something to accomplish while waiting for the support
people to wake up this morning.
73,
Don
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From: chas chas...@gmail.com
Date: Mon, Nov 26, 2012 03:41
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Problems
To: Gary Surrency g...@elecraft.com, k3supp...@elecraft.com, elecraft
elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Hi Gary,
I was using text decode on transmit when suddenly very few of the buttons on
the front
To: d...@w3fpr.com; elecraft; Gary Gregory
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Problems
On 26/11/2012 12:19, Don Wilhelm wrote:
Do you have a saved K3 configuration file? If so, do an EEINIT (see
Parameter Initialization in the manual) and reload the configuration.
That will give you something
Until you appreciate that the K3 front panel buttons are all
totally corrupted then any cure to this problem cannot be found.
Sometimes the encoders on the four rotary/pushbutton knobs to the
left of the main VFO knob stick, and cause the problem of
nonresponsive buttons.
Try
, as they sun is coming up on the left coast.
David
KD4NUE
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[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of chas
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 7:48 AM
To: d...@w3fpr.com; elecraft; Gary Gregory
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Problems
On 26/11/2012 12:19, Don Wilhelm wrote:
Do you have a saved K3 configuration file? If so, do an EEINIT (see
Parameter Initialization in the manual) and reload the configuration.
That will give you something to accomplish while waiting for the support
people to wake up this morning.
73,
Don
chas wrote:
On 26/11/2012 12:19, Don Wilhelm wrote:
Do you have a saved K3 configuration file? If so, do an EEINIT (see
Parameter Initialization in the manual) and reload the configuration.
That will give you something to accomplish while waiting for the support
people to wake up this
This sounds like the issue that has been occasionally seen where one of the
rotary encoder push buttons fails in the on state. Another possibility is
a failure of a button mux/demux circuit. In either case, a front panel board
swap-out may be the next step. Hopefully, you will hear back shortly
Many thanks to those who responded to my plea for help with my K3.
I spoke to an Elecraft engineer by the the name of Howard.
Howard's advice was to remove the front panel and push it back and forth
to clean the pins. I took Howard's advice and now my K3 is restored to
full working order:-)
The
Many thanks to those who responded to my plea for help with my K3.
I spoke to an Elecraft engineer by the the name of Howard.
Howard's advice was to remove the front panel and push it back and forth
to clean the pins. I took Howard's advice and now my K3 is restored to
full working order:-)
The
I'm not sure what software N2BJ was using but there was a complaint that the
PC
software was doing something to the paddle.
The contest software sends a canned CW message thats stored as text and keys
the
K3 via the straight key input. The CW operator uses the paddle to send other
text.
I'm not
http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/file/n7558120/K3_TX_Birdies.bmp
http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/file/n7558120/K3_TX_Birdies.bmp I'm not
sure what software N2BJ was using but there was a complaint that the PC
software was doing something to the paddle.
The contest software sends a
That was a mistake! I have 50db of attenuation and the spectrum analyzer is
receiving 0dbm but the reference level was set wrong and I overloaded the
spectrum analyzer. In this screen shot the 2nd harmonic is about 30db down
but I think it should be greater than 45db down from the 1st harmonic.
I was the primary op at K6MI and worked N2BJ several times. Mostly the
signal was clean, but on one band it was fairly nasty, symptoms sounded
like RF getting into something, think it was Saturday afternoon my time.
Don't remember which band.
BTW -- K6MI was QRP, CW only, with solar power and
I ran the same test using my Icom IC-7000 as the CW transmitter on 7.065. No
birdies were heard on 14.060. In both test I was able to copy the 2nd
harmonic with an S9 at 10 watts out but there were no birdies across the
lower Charlie Whisky portion using the Icom 7K. There was an increase in
Hello everyone,
I’m a newer K3 owner and I’m loving the heck out of the device, but recently I
noticed a strange problem. It started behaving as though my MIC wasn’t working
correctly.
[All tests from this point out will be into a DUMMY LOAD that is rated up to
300W.]
I would notice that
Shane,
I believe the - - display means that the KAT3 is not being properly
recognized as being installed. That fact alone may complicate the
results of your other observations.
You may not be able to TUNE the dummy load to 1:1 SWR - the tuning
mechanism may quit tuning if the SWR is below
The '- -' display usually happens when there is not enough power to
tune and generate a proper SWR.
73, Eric
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On 10/17/2011 4:23 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
Shane,
I believe the - - display means that the KAT3 is not being properly
recognized as being installed. That fact
The '- -' display usually happens when there is not enough power to
tune and generate a proper SWR.
And this display could be an indication that the K3 is in test mode.
Be sure that the TX indicator is not flashing.
Gus Hansen
KB0YH
Thank you everyone for your replies. Gary from Elecraft was awesome to
chime in... He had me check a number of things, but I think the core problem
was the wattmeter needed to be calibrated.
Disconnect any RS232 connection and PC software control.
Redo the WMTR menu calibration.
When in WMTR
I would like to thank everyone for all the help with my K3. I really appreciate
it.
It's more of a radio than I am used to operating!! And being 77 years old
doesn't
help any..
73
Scott N5SM
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Just got my K3 back from the factory, as they did not put a filter in the sub
RX. Last night and this afternoon I worked quite a few stations on 20 meters,
and everything seemed ok. After dinner I turned the K3 on and it would not
operate correctly and HI SIG appeared on the
BlankPlease disregard the previous querie. after unplugging the USB from the
laptop to the RS 232 connection on the K3, the problem has resolved itself and
the K3 is operating normally, must have been something to do with the Window XP
updates, love them...
NF8J
Paul VanOveren
5911 Snow Ave.
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Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Problems
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Don and all, I am getting attachments from only a couple of reflector users
here as well the last little while. I wonder if a recent Microsoft update
might have changed something. Paul's post was an attachment, D.R. Evans'
posts are ALWAYS attachments here. Maybe my mail client is screwed up
I'm not getting attachments
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174, P3 #108
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On 15 Sep 2010, at 16:46, Don Cunningham wrote:
Don and all, I am getting attachments from only a couple of
Wayne, et al,
I'm using 3.44, and experiencing odd results on direct freq entry from the
keypad, all when using the decimal point, e.g.:
1) entering 21225.5 gives 21225.0. In general, all such are rounded off to
the whole kHz.
2) entering 7025.5 gives 25500.00!!
3) entering 21226 works ok.
On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:32:46 -0700, Andy Faber
andrewfa...@ymail.com wrote:
Wayne, et al,
I'm using 3.44, and experiencing odd results on direct freq entry from the
keypad, all when using the decimal point, e.g.:
1) entering 21225.5 gives 21225.0. In general, all such are rounded off to
the
my logging program, it does take the radio to that exact frequency.
73, andy, ae6y
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From: Radio Amateur N5GE n...@n5ge.com
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] k3-- problems with direct freq entry
On Sun, 25
Andrew Faber-2 wrote:
But it seems peculiar to me, particularly because under software control
you can use decimal points. For example, if I send the radio 7025.345
from
my logging program, it does take the radio to that exact frequency.
Yeah, but the logging program knows what
Perhaps someone here can help. If so, please respond to Rys at
r...@ippt.gov.pl
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
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From: topband-boun...@contesting.com
[mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com]on Behalf Of Ryszard Tymkiewicz
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 2:05 AM
To:
I already replied to him directly.
73,
Wayne
N6KR
On Oct 12, 2009, at 11:04 AM, Dave AA6YQ wrote:
Perhaps someone here can help. If so, please respond to Rys at
r...@ippt.gov.pl
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
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From: topband-boun...@contesting.com
Wayne is responding to them.
73,
Eric
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-Original Message-
From: Dave AA6YQ aa...@ambersoft.com
Date: Monday, Oct 12, 2009 11:04 am
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 problems at 3D2KJ
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
CC: r...@ippt.gov.pl
Perhaps someone here can help. If so, please respond to Rys
Julius Fazekas n2wn wrote:
there still seems to be latency with the RF gain pot.
I rarely touch the RF gain so I can't comment on that specifically, but
there is often a noticeable lag between turning the other front panel
controls and the value changing on the front panel display. This
I, too, rarely have changed the RF gain in the past... So perhaps I've missed
a change.
Need to find another K3 close by and see if it does the same thing as mine.
73,
Julius
Julian, G4ILO wrote:
Julius Fazekas n2wn wrote:
there still seems to be latency with the RF gain pot.
I
Julius Fazekas n2wn wrote:
I've had a number of things crop up since trying to get on RTTY. There may
be no link to trying to get the rig going on FSK, and the issues are noted
in CW mode (my primary activity).
There have been several one-time error messages. The most recent one
being:
I've had a number of things crop up since trying to get on RTTY. There may be
no link to trying to get the rig going on FSK, and the issues are noted in CW
mode (my primary activity).
There have been several one-time error messages. The most recent one being: E
0444A7 ERR DSE.
I've received
Hi Julian,
I've tried that once...
Is there a reset to factory default option? I don't suspect it's the
firmware load, but it's worth trying again.
Cheers,
Julius
Julian, G4ILO wrote:
Julius Fazekas n2wn wrote:
I've had a number of things crop up since trying to get on RTTY. There
Julius Fazekas n2wn wrote:
Hi Julian,
I've tried that once...
Is there a reset to factory default option? I don't suspect it's the
firmware load, but it's worth trying again.
Cheers,
Julius
Reset to factory default would have to somehow restore whatever firmware
version it
#366
--- On Sun, 2/1/09, Gary Hvizdak garyhviz...@cfl.rr.com wrote:
From: Gary Hvizdak garyhviz...@cfl.rr.com
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3 problems
To: phriend...@yahoo.com
Date: Sunday, February 1, 2009, 9:52 AM
Julius,
What length is the cable between PS and K3? What gauge
Hi Julian,
I've done that as well.
I don't recall resetting the PA Temp value, that may explain the over temp
warning...
Did reset all the filters, so that wasn't an issue.
I've swapped in a new PS that runs at 13.8VDC and a different power cable.
That seemed to help some more, but there
properly on the 87A
anyway.
73, Dick WC1M
From: cdeweyjr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 9:15 AM
To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 problems keying Alpha 87A
Yesterday I connected my new factory built K3 to my Alpha 87A and the
amplifier keeps
Yesterday I connected my new factory built K3 to my Alpha 87A and the amplifier
keeps going into fault on the first key closure. Power was only set at about
30 watts. Is there a power spike causing this or some other problem I am not
aware of? I am brand new to this list and am not aware of
Hello
When I put my K3/10/kit together it would not receive or
transmit. Working with Gary at Elecraft we decided that the
synthesizer board was bad. They sent me a new one and now
I have receive and the K3 wattmeter shows full output in
cw mode, but my external wattmeter shows very little output.
Scott,
Once you installed the replacement SYN board, did you complete the VCO
calibration
and then the TX Gain calibration procedures as well as setting the reference
oscillator frequency?
-
73,
Greg - AB7R
Whidbey Island WA
NA-065
On Mon Oct 6 15:47 , [EMAIL
I encountered a couple of problems with the K3 and N1MM while on 6M. These
problems seem to be resolved by updating to beta version 2.10 of the
firmware.
In case others encounter them here is a description of the problems. First
the mode listed in N1MM's band map would indicate CW-R when the
Has anybody on the list seen either of these problems. This is a copy
of what I sent to the service dept.
received K3/10 kit on Feb 28, Ser#501.
Assembly went well. I have assembled two K2's and a K1 with no
problems. I used an anti static mat and wrist band throughout assembly.
Problem#1
Did I get the lemon? John k7up
John, your joking, right? !!!
A lemon for those international types is generally a
mass produced item of such inferior production quality
that it can never be made 100% functional, and
attempts to remedy it's shortcomings generally result
in expense and
John:
If you sent this info to [EMAIL PROTECTED], I suspect that you
will be hearing from someone very soon with help. If you didn't send it
to that address, I suggest that you do.
73,
Ken K3IU
K3 #202
John wrote:
Has anybody on the list seen either of these problems. This is a copy
of what
I am receiving off reflector mails in re to my problem. I know others
may be interested in the out come and or final resolution, even if
it's due to a short between the headsets. 50 years of hamming, and
it's still a challenge and fun.
At 08:54 AM 02/03/08, you wrote:
Has anybody on the list
John, please do let us know, since I'll put the resolution in the K3 Wiki
On 02/03/2008 20:15, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent:
I am receiving off reflector mails in re to my problem. I know others
may be interested in the out come and or final resolution, even if
it's due to a short between the
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