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Doug Person

K3 #77 yet another problem

Again, maybe I missed something - but this seems pretty straightforward.
Plugged a mic into the back mic jack, set bias, vox gain and anti-vox.
All seems correct. and the vox kicks transmitter on perfectly. If I hit
tune button I get full 100 watts out. But if I speak into the mic I get
maybe 1/2 watt out. CMP and ALC show lots of audio - just as the book
says it should. Everything seems adjusted correctly - just no output on
SSB.

Doug -- K0DXV
K3/100 #77
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Mark Bayern

Re: K3 #77 yet another problem

I don't know the K3 yet, but ...

If you have LOTS of ALC, doesn't that indicate that something has
limited the transmitter? Something has caused it to cut back?

Mark

On Nov 22, 2007 3:35 PM, Doug Person <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Again, maybe I missed something - but this seems pretty straightforward.
> Plugged a mic into the back mic jack, set bias, vox gain and anti-vox.
> All seems correct. and the vox kicks transmitter on perfectly. If I hit
> tune button I get full 100 watts out. But if I speak into the mic I get
> maybe 1/2 watt out. CMP and ALC show lots of audio - just as the book
> says it should. Everything seems adjusted correctly - just no output on
> SSB.
>
> Doug -- K0DXV
> K3/100 #77

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Doug Person

Re: K3 #77 yet another problem

In reply to this post by Doug Person

I re-did the XMIT GAIN. That was it. I had some trouble with the
firmware download prior to operating. I did not redo it after installing
the KPA3. All is well now. Thanks for all the relies.

73, Doug -- K0DXV
K3/100 #77

Leigh L Klotz, Jr. wrote:

> Did you do the 5W and 50W XMIT GAIN calbration on all bands? For me,
> that was the problem. Also check the MIC SEL setting for r.H instead
> of r.L if you need more mic gain.
> Leigh/WA5ZNU
> On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 1:36 pm, Doug Person wrote:
>> Again, maybe I missed something - but this seems pretty
>> straightforward. Plugged a mic into the back mic jack, set bias, vox
>> gain and anti-vox. All seems correct. and the vox kicks transmitter
>> on perfectly. If I hit tune button I get full 100 watts out. But if
>> I speak into the mic I get maybe 1/2 watt out. CMP and ALC show lots
>> of audio - just as the book says it should. Everything seems
>> adjusted correctly - just no output on SSB.
>>
>> Doug -- K0DXV
>> K3/100 #77
>
>