When it was not transmitting and you were troubleshooting, did you cycle power?
73,
Ed W0YK
On Mar 9, 2017 5:54 AM, Dennis <
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>
> In the middle of ARRL DX CW, my K3 stopped transmitting. It did not
> shut off, it
> would go into transmit and there were small flickers in ALC when the
> meter was in
> that position, but no power out. Pushing the TUNE button resulted in
> the display
> saying "0 watts". I played with it for several minutes, was
> unsuccessful in restoring
> any transmit capability, so subbed in the replacement rig and kept going.
>
> I brought my K3 home, plugged it in, connected a key and a dummy load,
> and it
> transmitted perfectly. No problems. I've used it about 3 hours since,
> and there
> have been no problems.
>
> First question, what could have happened to result in the no transmit state?
> I will be using my K3 again this weekend in a contest. If the problem
> happens again, what possible problems should I be looking for? Loose/
> intermittent cable attached to the synthesizer?
>
> Dennis W1UE
>
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