I have SN 31, I recently finished our house and setup the shack. Radios
been boxed about a year since we moved. It was a desk rig at the last
house with a occasional trip to the back yard.
When I plug it in to 12v I get nothing. I unplugged and plugged it in
several times and got voltage to char
The power lead/barrel connector on the second #2334 KX3 is starting to
intermittently drop out. Most notable if you remove the internal
batteries and try and operate from a supply only. It seems it is the
socket itself that is duff. Yes using the Elecraft power leads not
something homebrewed.
Mark,
It's happened before, usually because the power cable was pulled out
with too much side (off-axis) force. I don't know of any other cause.
73,
matt W6NIA
On 12/26/2016 4:45 PM, Mark Hogan wrote:
I have SN 31, I recently finished our house and setup the shack. Radios
been boxed abou
I think you should contact customer support at Elecraft. I believe there was an
issue with early radios not being epoxied to the pcb.
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...nr4c. bill
> On Dec 26, 2016, at 7:45 PM, Mark Hogan wrote:
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> I have SN 31, I recently finished our house and setup the shack. Radi
Thanks folks,
Well I got a 125’ end fed hung this morning, actually added wire to my old 53’
and my home brew EARCHI balun from the last house. The KX3 is tuning it well 40
and below, struggled on 80/160 but made 2.4 and 2.6 on each. I’ll probably
mess with that more later. Now for chores ar
No such luck. Looks like two of the pads lifted off the board. The little
tyke has to go to the mothership for repairs :( and they’re closed today so
there will be another delay till tomorrow to send it in.
I suppose I’ll take advantage of that to have the two meter board added and see
if th
Mikes 90 degree plug
> On Dec 27, 2016, at 4:46 PM, Frank Krozel
> wrote:
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> Everyone having issues with the power plug…. Does your plug that sticks into
> the radio have a right angle on it or is it a straight affair?
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>
>
> Sincerely, Frank Krozel t: 1-630-924-1600 fr...@electronicinst
A 90 degree plug may not resolve the problem. The early KX3s did not
have the power plug glued to the PC board and could break the
connections between the power plug and the board. If you can wiggle the
power cord and cause the KX3 to power off, then you have the problem.
With a new power ja
Thanks Don
Mines defiantly not glued to the board. I think I’ll call in the morning and
send it in for the fix, then like I said update as needed but for sure the 2m
board while its there. I need to read up, We have been building the new house
and had no radio since last Dec 6. I haven’t ev
Mark,
I remember those house building times well. We started in 2001 and
started building - many things by our own hands and sweat. finally in
2004 we were able to move into our own house. Radio stuff had to be put
aside for that period, but now that things are settled, radio is at the
for
I had the same issue with my kx3. Investigation revealed that their was a
dry joint between the power socket and the PCB. Soldered it properly, not
had the problem since
Dave
G4fre
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 16:26:00 +
From: Dominic Baines
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] KX3
Dom,
If I had to guess, I would say that you have a KX3 from before they
began gluing the power jack to the board. The solder pads just were not
enough to stand the lateral forces of plugging and unplugging over time,
so Elecraft began to glue the power jack - I don't recall what serial
numb
since
Dave
G4fre
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 16:26:00 +
From: Dominic Baines
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 Power Socket
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The power lead/barrel connector on the second #
Hi all... update for everyone.
Elecraft support were great. Many thanks to Lisa for sending out the
replacements PDQon mine it definitely was the case no glue on
underside of either KX3... #1082 and #2334. The sockets are surface
mount and there are 4 pads the note said work on three only
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