Here is an odd one...
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We had a power failure, and when the power came back on, my K3 did not
see, nor key my KPA500... It was working fine just prior to the power fail... We were not home when the power failed... The battery backup came on line and protected the K3 from the odd power spike, which I assume happen when a squirrel acts as a jumper for a 115KV line... But I digress... I returned from shopping, and took a set of readings on my background RFI levels on all bands, wrote them all down, and waited for the power to return... Upon power return, the KPA500 seemed totally disconnected from my K3. No KPA500 on the K3 when it comes on, and no OPERATE message when I switch out of standby... No keying of course either... Some troubleshooting later, I find the data cable plugged into the AUX connector of the K3 has dropped out... Go figure, no one was even home... Last time I fail to screw in the locking pins... -- 73, and thanks, Dave (NK7Z) https://www.nk7z.net ARRL Volunteer Examiner ARRL Technical Specialist ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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I blame the squirrel.
Howard Kraus, K2UD -----------------------------------------From: "Dave Cole" To: "[hidden email]" Cc: Sent: Sunday November 17 2019 6:35:12PM Subject: [Elecraft] Here is an odd one... We had a power failure, and when the power came back on, my K3 did not see, nor key my KPA500... It was working fine just prior to the power fail... We were not home when the power failed... The battery backup came on line and protected the K3 from the odd power spike, which I assume happen when a squirrel acts as a jumper for a 115KV line... But I digress... I returned from shopping, and took a set of readings on my background RFI levels on all bands, wrote them all down, and waited for the power to return... Upon power return, the KPA500 seemed totally disconnected from my K3. No KPA500 on the K3 when it comes on, and no OPERATE message when I switch out of standby... No keying of course either... Some troubleshooting later, I find the data cable plugged into the AUX connector of the K3 has dropped out... Go figure, no one was even home... Last time I fail to screw in the locking pins... -- 73, and thanks, Dave (NK7Z) https://www.nk7z.net [1] ARRL Volunteer Examiner ARRL Technical Specialist ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: Message delivered to [hidden email] Links: ------ [1] https://www.nk7z.net [2] http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm /> Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: </br<></a><a href= ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Dave,
Yes, those locking screws should always be screwed in. Things may work without it in a temporary setting (for a quick test for instance), but for a permanent station setup, screw in those jackscrews. If the equipment is moved or there is anything that might "tug" on the cable or vibrate it, the jackscrews will keep it from being disconnected. 73, Don W3FPR On 11/17/2019 6:35 PM, Dave Cole wrote: >> > Some troubleshooting later, I find the data cable plugged into the AUX > connector of the K3 has dropped out... Go figure, no one was even home... > > Last time I fail to screw in the locking pins... > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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As much as I would like to blame the animal, I must blame myself... I
should have tightened the connector lock downs... 73, and thanks, Dave (NK7Z) https://www.nk7z.net ARRL Volunteer Examiner ARRL Technical Specialist ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources On 11/17/19 3:54 PM, [hidden email] wrote: > I blame the squirrel. > > Howard Kraus, K2UD > > ----------------------------------------- > > From: "Dave Cole" > To: "[hidden email]" > Cc: > Sent: Sunday November 17 2019 6:35:12PM > Subject: [Elecraft] Here is an odd one... > > We had a power failure, and when the power came back on, my K3 did not > see, nor key my KPA500... It was working fine just prior to the power > fail... We were not home when the power failed... > > The battery backup came on line and protected the K3 from the odd power > spike, which I assume happen when a squirrel acts as a jumper for a > 115KV line... But I digress... > > I returned from shopping, and took a set of readings on my background > RFI levels on all bands, wrote them all down, and waited for the power > to return... > > Upon power return, the KPA500 seemed totally disconnected from my K3. > No KPA500 on the K3 when it comes on, and no OPERATE message when I > switch out of standby... No keying of course either... > > Some troubleshooting later, I find the data cable plugged into the AUX > connector of the K3 has dropped out... Go figure, no one was even home... > > Last time I fail to screw in the locking pins... > > -- > 73, and thanks, > Dave (NK7Z) > https://www.nk7z.net > ARRL Volunteer Examiner > ARRL Technical Specialist > ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft/> Help: > <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft<br>http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm/> > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: <http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm<br>http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html/> > Message delivered to [hidden email] > <http://www.qsl.net/donate.html<br> Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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As I remember there was a "wish list" somewhere on the Elecraft web
site. Could someone give me a direct link please. I cannot find it. 73, Igor UA9CDC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Igor: Maybe this will help.
https://elecraft.com/collections/holiday-wish-list Marv -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] <[hidden email]> On Behalf Of Igor Sokolov Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2019 8:27 PM To: [hidden email] Subject: [Elecraft] Wish list As I remember there was a "wish list" somewhere on the Elecraft web site. Could someone give me a direct link please. I cannot find it. 73, Igor UA9CDC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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No Marv, it is not the one I am looking for.
I need the list of features that customers wanted to add to different Elecraft products in future firmware releases. It used to be somewhere in the old version of the site. It allows not to repeat requests of features that where already requested. 73, Igor UA9CDC 18.11.2019 11:15, [hidden email] пишет: > Igor: Maybe this will help. > > https://elecraft.com/collections/holiday-wish-list > > Marv > > -----Original Message----- > From: [hidden email] <[hidden email]> On > Behalf Of Igor Sokolov > Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2019 8:27 PM > To: [hidden email] > Subject: [Elecraft] Wish list > > As I remember there was a "wish list" somewhere on the Elecraft web site. > Could someone give me a direct link please. I cannot find it. > > 73, Igor UA9CDC > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message > delivered to [hidden email] > > Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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