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JIM DAVIS-11

Is this another K3 glitch???

Gentlemen,

A few days ago I was listening on my K3 on 20m (either mode/band segment) and instead of the usual
"S5" noise indication on my S-meter it was only (S-1) even with the preamp on! This also occurs on
17m as well! While all the other bands show the regular/typical reading (S-5 plus or minus a
smidge!) I know the my C3 yagi works on those bands because we also use a Icom 7200 (standby rig)
and it's S-meter readings on ALL BANDS including 20 and 17 are NORMAL/as to be expected!

Any IDEAS???

Regards,

Jim/nn6ee
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Greg - AB7R

Re: Is this another K3 glitch???

Could you have selected ANT2 or the RX ANT on 20M? The K3 remembers these by band
so it could be set wrong on 20M and correct on the other bands.

-------------------------
73,
Greg - AB7R
Whidbey Island WA
NA-065

On Sun Jun 27 13:30 , "JIM DAVIS" sent:

>Gentlemen,
>
>A few days ago I was listening on my K3 on 20m (either mode/band segment) and
instead of the usual
>"S5" noise indication on my S-meter it was only (S-1) even with the preamp on!
This also occurs on
>17m as well! While all the other bands show the regular/typical reading (S-5 plus
or minus a
>smidge!) I know the my C3 yagi works on those bands because we also use a Icom
7200 (standby rig)
>and it's S-meter readings on ALL BANDS including 20 and 17 are NORMAL/as to be
expected!

>
>Any IDEAS???
>
>Regards,
>
>Jim/nn6ee
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k6dgw

Re: Is this another K3 glitch???

Greg - AB7R wrote:
> Could you have selected ANT2 or the RX ANT on 20M? The K3 remembers
> these by band so it could be set wrong on 20M and correct on the
> other bands.

Early on, my K3 seemed to go deaf on 30m, and the tuner couldn't find a
match. Fine on all the other bands. After putting the fire out in my
hair [small fire, not much hair left], I finally emailed Elecraft.
After some diagnosing, Wayne emailed me for my phone number and a time
to call. On schedule, the President of the company called me, we
reviewed the symptoms, and he said [I can remember this like it was
yesterday], "Let's start with the simple stuff. On 20, which ANT is
selected?" I told him ANT1. "Now switch to 30m and tell me what you
see." I was already wanting to curl up and disappear, it was ANT2 of
course. One tap and I was in business.

Moral: There's a lot of info on that big display, and some of the
indicators are a little small. With all the per-band and per-mode
memory in the gizmo, it's easy to change something, not realize it at
the time, and then wonder if your radio is fried later on.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2010 Cal QSO Party 2-3 Oct 2010
- www.cqp.org
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Rick Prather-2

Re: Is this another K3 glitch???

You're a big man Fred! :-)

Rick
K6LE

On 6/28/2010, at 4:51 , Fred Jensen wrote:

> Greg - AB7R wrote:
>> Could you have selected ANT2 or the RX ANT on 20M? The K3 remembers
>> these by band so it could be set wrong on 20M and correct on the
>> other bands.
>
> Early on, my K3 seemed to go deaf on 30m, and the tuner couldn't find a
> match. Fine on all the other bands. After putting the fire out in my
> hair [small fire, not much hair left], I finally emailed Elecraft.
> After some diagnosing, Wayne emailed me for my phone number and a time
> to call. On schedule, the President of the company called me, we
> reviewed the symptoms, and he said [I can remember this like it was
> yesterday], "Let's start with the simple stuff. On 20, which ANT is
> selected?" I told him ANT1. "Now switch to 30m and tell me what you
> see." I was already wanting to curl up and disappear, it was ANT2 of
> course. One tap and I was in business.
>
> Moral: There's a lot of info on that big display, and some of the
> indicators are a little small. With all the per-band and per-mode
> memory in the gizmo, it's easy to change something, not realize it at
> the time, and then wonder if your radio is fried later on.
>
> 73,
>
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 2010 Cal QSO Party 2-3 Oct 2010
> - www.cqp.org