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Adrian-3

KX3 turns itself off randomly.

I have a KX3 that sometimes just turns off, after sitting idle. and
sometime 2-3 beeps are heard prior.

Have done much googling and can't find this scenario. Has anyone seen
this ?

Power supply is good at 15v solid from a battery bank, so there is no
supply power interruption.

It may turn off after 1/2 hour, and subsequently 2 hours or not at all,
but seems to happen not long after first powerup.

There is also a KXPA100 connected on the same power supply.

Adrian Fewster

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David Haines

Re: KX3 turns itself off randomly.

I had that same problem. Check that you haven't set the timer to turn
off the radio after a certain period.

david
KC1DNY

On 11/30/2020 7:01 AM, Adrian wrote:

> I have a KX3 that sometimes just turns off, after sitting idle. and
> sometime 2-3 beeps are heard prior.
>
> Have done much googling and can't find this scenario. Has anyone seen
> this ?
>
> Power supply is good at 15v solid from a battery bank, so there is no
> supply power interruption.
>
> It may turn off after 1/2 hour, and subsequently 2 hours or not at
> all, but seems to happen not long after first powerup.
>
> There is also a KXPA100 connected on the same power supply.
>
>
> Adrian Fewster
>
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Adrian-3

Re: KX3 turns itself off randomly.

In reply to this post by Adrian-3

Ok on that, I did check that in menu, re 'AUTO OFF', and it is and was
set to 'infinite'.

There is also an 'ALARM' parameter with beeps, that turns the KX3 on,
not off.

The beeps heard before off was intriguing. I didn't see any screen
warnings at the Bezel.

Thankyou

On 1/12/20 12:58 am, David Haines wrote:

> I had that same problem. Check that you haven't set the timer to turn
> off the radio after a certain period.
>
> david
> KC1DNY
>
>
> On 11/30/2020 7:01 AM, Adrian wrote:
>> I have a KX3 that sometimes just turns off, after sitting idle. and
>> sometime 2-3 beeps are heard prior.
>>
>> Have done much googling and can't find this scenario. Has anyone seen
>> this ?
>>
>> Power supply is good at 15v solid from a battery bank, so there is no
>> supply power interruption.
>>
>> It may turn off after 1/2 hour, and subsequently 2 hours or not at
>> all, but seems to happen not long after first powerup.
>>
>> There is also a KXPA100 connected on the same power supply.
>>
>>
>> Adrian Fewster

Adrian-3

Re: KX3 turns itself off randomly.

In reply to this post by David Haines

Looking through archives for Elecraft , I found this ;

http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KX3-Shutdown-td7593697.html

It matches my setup and symptoms. I will turn the PA parameter off,

and test without the KXPA100 online.

Adrian Fewster

On 1/12/20 12:58 am, David Haines wrote: