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Gary Smith-2

K3 - ERR PL 1

Hi,

Haven't been on the air much, the K3 has been unplugged & antennae
disconnected just to protect against lightning possibilities. Last I
used the rig, I was mostly on the lower bands, rarely 15 meters or
above.

just for fun I went to check my butternut HF9V to see if there were
any issues on the bands and when I went to 12 meters I get ERR PL 1
and on 10 meters I get the same flash message and there's no
transmit. 6 meters is fine as are all other bands. this is confined
to 12 & 10 meters.

I reloaded the current firmware and get the same result. I used the
elecraft utility to calibrate the transmit thinking that might be the
issue but it failed when it got to 24Mhz.

Idears?

Thanks,
Gary
KA1J
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Iain MacDonnell - N6ML-2

Re: K3 - ERR PL 1

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 1:02 AM, Gary Smith <[hidden email]> wrote:

You might need to do this:

http://www.elecraft.com/K3/mods/ELECRAFT_Application_Note_KSYN3_ALC_Rev_A.pdf

but k3support [at] elecraft.com might have better ideas too...

GL!

~Iain / N6ML
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Brett Howard

Re: K3 - ERR PL 1

In reply to this post by Gary Smith-2

When was your K3 shipped? If it was shipped before Dec 22, 2008 you may
need to apply this modification to your radio:
http://www.elecraft.com/K3/mods/ELECRAFT_Application_Note_KSYN3_ALC_Rev_A.pdf

~Brett (N7MG)

On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 21:02 -0400, Gary Smith wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Haven't been on the air much, the K3 has been unplugged & antennae
> disconnected just to protect against lightning possibilities. Last I
> used the rig, I was mostly on the lower bands, rarely 15 meters or
> above.
>
> just for fun I went to check my butternut HF9V to see if there were
> any issues on the bands and when I went to 12 meters I get ERR PL 1
> and on 10 meters I get the same flash message and there's no
> transmit. 6 meters is fine as are all other bands. this is confined
> to 12 & 10 meters.
>
> I reloaded the current firmware and get the same result. I used the
> elecraft utility to calibrate the transmit thinking that might be the
> issue but it failed when it got to 24Mhz.
>
> Idears?
>
> Thanks,
> Gary
> KA1J
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Gary Smith-2

Re: K3 - ERR PL 1

Iain & Brett,

Thanks for the speedy replies. I will check it out. I did get my K3
right around Dec 20 08 (my birthday). What is interesting is this has
never come up before and I have used the K3 utility to calibrate
several times. I did make a few 24MHz contacts in March so it was
working fine then.

I do have the 2nd Rx & always hate to have to remove things any more
than necessary but I do need this working.

Thanks for the link to peruse.

73,

Gary
KA1J

> When was your K3 shipped? If it was shipped before Dec 22, 2008
you may

> need to apply this modification to your radio:
> http://www.elecraft.com/K3/mods/ELECRAFT_Application_Note_KSYN3_ALC_Rev_A.pdf
>
> ~Brett (N7MG)
>
> On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 21:02 -0400, Gary Smith wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Haven't been on the air much, the K3 has been unplugged & antennae
> > disconnected just to protect against lightning possibilities. Last I
> > used the rig, I was mostly on the lower bands, rarely 15 meters or
> > above.
> >
> > just for fun I went to check my butternut HF9V to see if there were
> > any issues on the bands and when I went to 12 meters I get ERR PL 1
> > and on 10 meters I get the same flash message and there's no
> > transmit. 6 meters is fine as are all other bands. this is confined
> > to 12 & 10 meters.
> >
> > I reloaded the current firmware and get the same result. I used the
> > elecraft utility to calibrate the transmit thinking that might be the
> > issue but it failed when it got to 24Mhz.
> >
> > Idears?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Gary
> > KA1J
> > ______________________________________________________________
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Brett Howard

Re: K3 - ERR PL 1

If you're careful you can get the synthesizer boards out of the radio
without removing the subRX. I just got done installing the stiffeners
onto my synthesizers and didn't have to remove the subRX to do so but
you do need to remove the 2 Meter internal transverter if you have that.

Also when you do this mod if you need to make sure that you do NOT
install the resistor where that document tells you to. Instead use the
location that is outlined in this document:
<a href="http://www.elecraft.com/manual/ELECRAFT%20KSYN3%20Stiffener%20Mod%20Rev%">http://www.elecraft.com/manual/ELECRAFT%20KSYN3%20Stiffener%20Mod%20Rev%
20D.pdf

As you read that second document you'll see that it shows you moving
that resistor to a new location. I personally recommend just changing
out the resistor with a new SMT part of the correct value (thats what I
did). But I just wanted to make sure you had a full picture of the
mods.

Actually to ensure that you have a full picture while you have the
synthesizers out you should also perform this mod:
http://www.elecraft.com/K3/mods/KSYN3%20DDS%20Gain%20Modification.pdf

Have fun!

~Brett (N7MG)

On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 21:27 -0400, Gary Smith wrote:

> Iain & Brett,
>
> Thanks for the speedy replies. I will check it out. I did get my K3
> right around Dec 20 08 (my birthday). What is interesting is this has
> never come up before and I have used the K3 utility to calibrate
> several times. I did make a few 24MHz contacts in March so it was
> working fine then.
>
> I do have the 2nd Rx & always hate to have to remove things any more
> than necessary but I do need this working.
>
> Thanks for the link to peruse.
>
> 73,
>
> Gary
> KA1J
>
> > When was your K3 shipped? If it was shipped before Dec 22, 2008
> you may
> > need to apply this modification to your radio:
> > http://www.elecraft.com/K3/mods/ELECRAFT_Application_Note_KSYN3_ALC_Rev_A.pdf
> >
> > ~Brett (N7MG)
> >
> > On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 21:02 -0400, Gary Smith wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Haven't been on the air much, the K3 has been unplugged & antennae
> > > disconnected just to protect against lightning possibilities. Last I
> > > used the rig, I was mostly on the lower bands, rarely 15 meters or
> > > above.
> > >
> > > just for fun I went to check my butternut HF9V to see if there were
> > > any issues on the bands and when I went to 12 meters I get ERR PL 1
> > > and on 10 meters I get the same flash message and there's no
> > > transmit. 6 meters is fine as are all other bands. this is confined
> > > to 12 & 10 meters.
> > >
> > > I reloaded the current firmware and get the same result. I used the
> > > elecraft utility to calibrate the transmit thinking that might be the
> > > issue but it failed when it got to 24Mhz.
> > >
> > > Idears?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Gary
> > > KA1J
> > > ______________________________________________________________
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> >
> >
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