KSYN3A dead?

[Enrico Lorenzoni IU3AZC]

Hi everyone, today I turned on my K3 and I can't receive any signal in
any band.
Then I tried to tune and power out is 0.0w.
My k3 has two ksyn3a, but in the menu I see DDS FRQ and VCO MD; also
tapping DISP I see PLL1 and PLL2 (with value ranging from 2.9 to 3.1)
So it looks like the K3 doesn't recognize the two syn.
Fw rew is 5.14
Any hint? I have not opened it yet.
I have the old PLL if needed

thanks
IU3AZC Enrico
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[Petr, OK1RP/M0SIS]

Hi Enrico,

The correct status for KSYN3A boards in TECH MD: ON is OK! So you should see SYN1 OK and SYN2 OK if you have both installed. The latest KSYN3A boards should work with 5.14 or later.

Please open K3 and at first check if your cables are connected to right boards (not swapped by accident) and if all connectors are properly plugged in and have proper contacts please. It is common issue the TMP connectors has bad contact on the synths boards.

Hope it helps,

73 - Petr, OK1RP

[Enrico Lorenzoni IU3AZC]

Hi Petr, I have two ksyn installed, and both worked fine for some months.
I did not open my K3 in the last weeks, and two days ago my K3 was ok,
so this happened without touching anything.
An italian OM had another problem with a deprogrammed SYN. I wonder if
Elecraft is aware of this and who's gonna pay the cost to reprogram it?

thanks for the reply
73 de Enrico IU3AZC


Il 04/08/2015 16:55, ok1rp ha scritto:

> Hi Enrico,
>
> The correct status for KSYN3A boards in TECH MD: ON is OK! So you should see
> SYN1 OK and SYN2 OK if you have both installed. The latest KSYN3A boards
> should work with 5.14 or later.
>
> Please open K3 and at first check if your cables are connected to right
> boards (not swapped by accident) and if all connectors are properly plugged
> in and have proper contacts please. It is common issue the TMP connectors
> has bad contact on the synths boards.
>
> Hope it helps,
>
> 73 - Petr, OK1RP
>
>
>
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[Petr, OK1RP/M0SIS]

Hi Enrico,

aha, so it sounds like more serious issue.
I never heard about the issue with erased synthesizer but if it happened to your friend then its time to contact Elecraft.
I am so sorry that I can not help you more my friend.
Let us know about the progress please.

best regards,
73 - Petr, OK1RP