Friday the 13th and Gremlins having fun

[Irwin KD3TB]

Being Friday 13th, I have to share this experience with everyone!

 

I installed the newest firmware on May 12th, not Friday the 13th  and
everything worked fine.  When I turned the radio on today (Friday 13th) my
K3 had no RF output and showed an SWR of >25/1 on 15M.  All of the other
bands were fine. I tested the antenna (a beam) with another radio and 15M on
the antenna was fine. Being Friday the 13th, I even check that the radio was
set to the proper antenna output on 15M...still no output.

 

Okay, not being superstitious, I went to the K3 utility and restored my
previous configuration. 15M now worked! I then went back and restored the
new configuration I saved after the latest firmware update yesterday.
Wonderful things happen, the output on 15M was now working again. I checked
the firmware installed on once again had the latest firmware installed. What
can I say!  I think the Ham Radio the gremlins that reside in everyone's
shack had their fun and stopped playing with me....

 

I'm glad I'm not a Triskaidekaphobic!

 

 

Irwin - KD3TB

 

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[Geoffrey Downs-3]

Or even paraskevidekatriaphobic ;-)

73

Geoff
G3UCK



----- Original Message -----
From: "KD3TB" <[hidden email]>
To: "'Elecraft reflector'" <[hidden email]>
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 6:15 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Friday the 13th and Gremlins having fun

> Being Friday 13th, I have to share this experience with everyone!
>
>
>
> I installed the newest firmware on May 12th, not Friday the 13th  and
> everything worked fine.  When I turned the radio on today (Friday 13th) my
> K3 had no RF output and showed an SWR of >25/1 on 15M.  All of the other
> bands were fine. I tested the antenna (a beam) with another radio and 15M
> on
> the antenna was fine. Being Friday the 13th, I even check that the radio
> was
> set to the proper antenna output on 15M...still no output.
>
>
>
> Okay, not being superstitious, I went to the K3 utility and restored my
> previous configuration. 15M now worked! I then went back and restored the
> new configuration I saved after the latest firmware update yesterday.
> Wonderful things happen, the output on 15M was now working again. I
> checked
> the firmware installed on once again had the latest firmware installed.
> What
> can I say!  I think the Ham Radio the gremlins that reside in everyone's
> shack had their fun and stopped playing with me....
>
>
>
> I'm glad I'm not a Triskaidekaphobic!
>
>
>
>
>
> Irwin - KD3TB
>
>
>
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>

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