K3 No power out

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Yes I can set it at 35 watts which is what I usually use to drive the KPA 500, and speak in the mic for ssb and get no power out. In cw at the same 35 watts, when I send code either straight key or padfle. 0 watts out. Same results if I attempt to run bearfoot at 100 watts or 5 watts, I get no power out. Receive is working fine, the P3 is working normal, and the KPA 500 and KAT 500 track bands as I change them.
I will try again tomorrow after a night of sleep. If still no go, will phone home to Elecraft
Don, W4CBS

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[David Bunte]

Don -

If this was suggested before, I missed it and apologize for the redundancy.
Has the rig inadvertently been put into the test mode? If the TX indicator
under the VFO A box is blinking, that would explain the symptoms.

Dave - K9FN

On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 12:30 AM Don Roberts via Elecraft <
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> Yes I can set it at 35 watts which is what I usually use to drive the KPA
> 500, and speak in the mic for ssb and get no power out. In cw at the same
> 35 watts, when I send code either straight key or padfle. 0 watts out. Same
> results if I attempt to run bearfoot at 100 watts or 5 watts, I get no
> power out. Receive is working fine, the P3 is working normal, and the KPA
> 500 and KAT 500 track bands as I change them.
> I will try again tomorrow after a night of sleep. If still no go, will
> phone home to Elecraft
> Don, W4CBS
>
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[Nr4c]

“Test” mode wouldn’t survive a power cycle I don’t believe.

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> On Aug 15, 2018, at 7:25 AM, David Bunte <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Don -
>
> If this was suggested before, I missed it and apologize for the redundancy.
> Has the rig inadvertently been put into the test mode? If the TX indicator
> under the VFO A box is blinking, that would explain the symptoms.
>
> Dave - K9FN
>
> On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 12:30 AM Don Roberts via Elecraft <
> [hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Yes I can set it at 35 watts which is what I usually use to drive the KPA
>> 500, and speak in the mic for ssb and get no power out. In cw at the same
>> 35 watts, when I send code either straight key or padfle. 0 watts out. Same
>> results if I attempt to run bearfoot at 100 watts or 5 watts, I get no
>> power out. Receive is working fine, the P3 is working normal, and the KPA
>> 500 and KAT 500 track bands as I change them.
>> I will try again tomorrow after a night of sleep. If still no go, will
>> phone home to Elecraft
>> Don, W4CBS
>>
>> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
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[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

From the "Troubleshooting" section of the K3 manual:

*No power output*: You may have routed RF through the KXV3’s XVTR IN/OUT
jacks, either by switching
to a transverter band, or by setting CONFIG:KXV3 to TEST. Also try redoing
TX GAIN cal (pg. 49).

73,
Bob, N6TV

On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 9:29 PM, Don Roberts via Elecraft <
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> Yes I can set it at 35 watts which is what I usually use to drive the KPA
> 500, and speak in the mic for ssb and get no power out. In cw at the same
> 35 watts, when I send code either straight key or padfle. 0 watts out. Same
> results if I attempt to run bearfoot at 100 watts or 5 watts, I get no
> power out. Receive is working fine, the P3 is working normal, and the KPA
> 500 and KAT 500 track bands as I change them.
> I will try again tomorrow after a night of sleep. If still no go, will
> phone home to Elecraft
> Don, W4CBS
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