Re: [Elecraft] Well Hell.... I just bricked my K3s

2016-07-03 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
The eternal lesson, which most of us cannot convince our emotions to believe in the time of trouble, is that most problems are not the rig per se, but lie in all the stressed connections, etc. *IF* I remember at the time of trouble, that the problem is likely elsewhere, I STILL have to almost bite

Re: [Elecraft] Well Hell.... I just bricked my K3s

2016-07-03 Thread Tony Estep
On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 10:49 AM, lmarion wrote: > Check power supply is No 1 on every trouble shoot chart. > That's the truth! A couple of years ago, my K3 would start, everything seemed to work FB, but when I would turn on my computer the K3 would shut off. Of course I thought somethin

Re: [Elecraft] Well Hell.... I just bricked my K3s

2016-07-03 Thread K9MA
On 7/3/2016 10:49, lmarion wrote: Another teaching moment: Check power supply is No 1 on every trouble shoot chart. Or: Check the simple stuff first. Now, why do I keep forgetting that? 73, Scott K9MA __ Elecraft mailing list Ho

Re: [Elecraft] Well Hell.... I just bricked my K3s

2016-07-03 Thread lmarion
. Congratulations Ken and 73 Leroy AB7CE -Original Message- From: Ken Arck Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2016 9:21 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Well Hell I just bricked my K3s Thanks to all who replied to my plea for help! I did find the problem this morning and man, it was

Re: [Elecraft] Well Hell.... I just bricked my K3s

2016-07-03 Thread Ken Arck
Thanks to all who replied to my plea for help! I did find the problem this morning and man, it was not what I expected. The problem turned out to be that power was not getting to the radio. Well,,, actually it WAS getting to the radio - to the Power Poles - but no further. I decided to poke a

Re: [Elecraft] Well Hell.... I just bricked my K3s

2016-07-02 Thread Dave Cole
On Sat, 2016-07-02 at 19:33 -0700, Ken Arck wrote: > Oh yes...holding POWER for more than 10 seconds does nothing > either. >  What should holding power for more than 30 seconds do? 73's, and thanks, Dave (NK7Z) For software/hardware reviews see: http://www.nk7z.net _

Re: [Elecraft] Well Hell.... I just bricked my K3s

2016-07-02 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2016 02 Jul 21:34 -0500, Ken Arck wrote: > Oh yes...holding POWER for more than 10 seconds does nothing either. > > I have a feeling it's going back to Elecraft next week... How about pulling the PA out and setting the radio back to the way it was prior to installation (it's been nea

Re: [Elecraft] Well Hell.... I just bricked my K3s

2016-07-02 Thread Ken Arck
Oh yes...holding POWER for more than 10 seconds does nothing either. I have a feeling it's going back to Elecraft next week... -Original Message- From: Ken Arck Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2016 8:13 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Well Hell I just bricked

Re: [Elecraft] Well Hell.... I just bricked my K3s

2016-07-02 Thread lmarion
Ouch! Sorry to hear that. You are in the right place to get help 73 Leroy AB7CE -Original Message- From: Ken Arck Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2016 8:13 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Well Hell I just bricked my K3s Just finished installing the 100 watt PA and