K3 No RX & No RF output

[Ralph McClintock-3]

  I folks,
Just turned on my K3/100, SN8600 series, rig but I now have no receive
plus no transmit RF out. And, CQWW RTTY is in a few days. The K3 worked
perfectly yesterday but today no RX, no TX, other than that single (non
RF) bar on RF out when keyed. It is not in Test mode, not in Transverter
mode. Just shut down yesterday, turn on today and nothing. The Pre-Amp
on/off amplifies the noise, so it looks like the RX is working just has
no antenna input. It is not antennas, coax etc as the K2/100 sitting
next to the K3 works perfectly on all bands/antennas. Yes, I did check
it directly to the same antenna as the K2. It feels like a PIN diode
problem to me. Any ideas I may have missed.
Thanks, W1ZK

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When you turned it off did you turn off the rig or the powersupply?

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Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 2:33 PM
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Subject: [Elecraft] K3 No RX & No RF output

  I folks,
Just turned on my K3/100, SN8600 series, rig but I now have no receive plus
no transmit RF out. And, CQWW RTTY is in a few days. The K3 worked perfectly
yesterday but today no RX, no TX, other than that single (non
RF) bar on RF out when keyed. It is not in Test mode, not in Transverter
mode. Just shut down yesterday, turn on today and nothing. The Pre-Amp
on/off amplifies the noise, so it looks like the RX is working just has no
antenna input. It is not antennas, coax etc as the K2/100 sitting next to
the K3 works perfectly on all bands/antennas. Yes, I did check it directly
to the same antenna as the K2. It feels like a PIN diode problem to me. Any
ideas I may have missed.
Thanks, W1ZK

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[Ralph McClintock-3]

   Here is the update on the No RX/NO TX problem with my K3. It was the
new KSYN3A Synthesizer as, I suspect, has died. It would not do CAL but
gave Error:   E   00044 ERR VC4. It was installed the first day of
summer and died on the last day of summer!
Thanks to all who gave thoughts and advice.
W1ZK

On 9/22/2015 2:32 PM, Ralph McClintock wrote:

>  I folks,
> Just turned on my K3/100, SN8600 series, rig but I now have no receive
> plus no transmit RF out. And, CQWW RTTY is in a few days. The K3
> worked perfectly yesterday but today no RX, no TX, other than that
> single (non RF) bar on RF out when keyed. It is not in Test mode, not
> in Transverter mode. Just shut down yesterday, turn on today and
> nothing. The Pre-Amp on/off amplifies the noise, so it looks like the
> RX is working just has no antenna input. It is not antennas, coax etc
> as the K2/100 sitting next to the K3 works perfectly on all
> bands/antennas. Yes, I did check it directly to the same antenna as
> the K2. It feels like a PIN diode problem to me. Any ideas I may have
> missed.
> Thanks, W1ZK
>

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[wayne burdick]

Ralph,

That error message is applicable only to the old synthesizer, indicating the new one has not been detected by the K3 firmware. Customer support will immediately send out a replacement (please contact them to make arrangements). We'd like to get the original back for analysis.

73,
Wayne
N6KR

On Sep 23, 2015, at 5:08 AM, Ralph McClintock <[hidden email]> wrote:

>  Here is the update on the No RX/NO TX problem with my K3. It was the new KSYN3A Synthesizer as, I suspect, has died. It would not do CAL but gave Error:   E   00044 ERR VC4. It was installed the first day of summer and died on the last day of summer!
> Thanks to all who gave thoughts and advice.
> W1ZK
>
> On 9/22/2015 2:32 PM, Ralph McClintock wrote:
>> I folks,
>> Just turned on my K3/100, SN8600 series, rig but I now have no receive plus no transmit RF out. And, CQWW RTTY is in a few days. The K3 worked perfectly yesterday but today no RX, no TX, other than that single (non RF) bar on RF out when keyed. It is not in Test mode, not in Transverter mode. Just shut down yesterday, turn on today and nothing. The Pre-Amp on/off amplifies the noise, so it looks like the RX is working just has no antenna input. It is not antennas, coax etc as the K2/100 sitting next to the K3 works perfectly on all bands/antennas. Yes, I did check it directly to the same antenna as the K2. It feels like a PIN diode problem to me. Any ideas I may have missed.
>> Thanks, W1ZK
>>
>
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