KX3 suddenly putting out no audio on SSB......loud static on FM as usual

[Mark Tosiello]

Hi,

I have no idea what is going on, but I probably simply misconfigured
something. I have a KX3/PX3/KXPA100, and I was using it happily yesterday.
Earlier today, I disconnected it to measure for my pelican case, but
reconnected everything and double checked the connections as I always do.
Everything powers up normally including the amp with the special cable, but
there is COMPLETE silence on SSB and CW modes, and just static on FM as
usual.. Turned the radio back off and on, nothing. Upgraded the firmware,
no change. A setting was probably changed last time I used it, but I can't,
for the life of me, figure out which. The sidetone is nice and loud on CW,
but tuning up and down on CW or SSB produces nothing but silence, no
headphone or speaker output at all.

I'd appreciate it if you good folks could help me out.....need to get back
on the air!!!!

Thanks!

Mark KD8EDC

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[Mark Tosiello]

And, of course, as soon as I sent out an email, I figured out that the
OFS/VFO B knob had been spun WAY out of whack and the RIT/XIT offset was
way off. Cleared it out and all is well.

Thanks, sorry to take up bandwidth.....

Mark KD8EDC

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[Dale Boresz]

Hello Mark,

Just a guess, but could your RF Gain have been inadvertently reduced
significantly? That could render CW, SSB and AM inaudible while still
allowing FM hiss, assuming it was not being otherwise squelched.

73,

Dale -- WA8SRA

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On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 1:22 PM, Mark Tosiello <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have no idea what is going on, but I probably simply misconfigured
> something. I have a KX3/PX3/KXPA100, and I was using it happily yesterday.
> Earlier today, I disconnected it to measure for my pelican case, but
> reconnected everything and double checked the connections as I always do.
> Everything powers up normally including the amp with the special cable, but
> there is COMPLETE silence on SSB and CW modes, and just static on FM as
> usual.. Turned the radio back off and on, nothing. Upgraded the firmware,
> no change. A setting was probably changed last time I used it, but I can't,
> for the life of me, figure out which. The sidetone is nice and loud on CW,
> but tuning up and down on CW or SSB produces nothing but silence, no
> headphone or speaker output at all.
>
> I'd appreciate it if you good folks could help me out.....need to get back
> on the air!!!!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark KD8EDC
>
> --
> _______________________________________________________
> *“Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men for the
> nastiest of motives will somehow work together for the benefit of all.”*
>
>  ― John Maynard Keynes
>

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[Charlie T, K3ICH]

Although 99% of us have never experienced this, thanks for taking the time to point it out, since it just might save a few of us some hair-pulling in the future.

73, Charlie k3ICH




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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 suddenly putting out no audio on SSB......loud static on FM as usual

And, of course, as soon as I sent out an email, I figured out that the OFS/VFO B knob had been spun WAY out of whack and the RIT/XIT offset was way off. Cleared it out and all is well.

Thanks, sorry to take up bandwidth.....

Mark KD8EDC

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