Nine month rested 2014 K3 now only shows a blank orange screen P3 will not activate.

[Craig Wissman]

An unpleasant surprise.  The unit has been covered and unplugged since Feb 2015, no ant. No heat, cold, moisture...
 I wanted to check out the 10 meter contest Dec13 utc tonight.
My Astron RS- 35m says their is voltage.  This is a like new little used factory built unit.  
Not seeing any help in manuals.  Bummer.  
Open to suggestions to get it back.  All I see is the orange screen with no data.
Craig WF6Q
     
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[Don Wilhelm-4]

Start with the basics - disconnect everything other than the power and a
dummy load to the K3.
Then power it on.
If all is well in that basic configuration, then start adding the extra
things one at a time to find out what is creating the problem.
If the basic K3 still responds with a blank LCD screen, then try an
EEINIT.  Hopefully you have saved a configuration file so you can
restore the configuration data after the EEINIT - if not follow the
calibration steps in the manual to get back to an operational state.

If that does not help, contact Elecraft support.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 12/12/2015 9:24 PM, Craig Wissman wrote:

> An unpleasant surprise.  The unit has been covered and unplugged since Feb 2015, no ant. No heat, cold, moisture...
>   I wanted to check out the 10 meter contest Dec13 utc tonight.
> My Astron RS- 35m says their is voltage.  This is a like new little used factory built unit.
> Not seeing any help in manuals.  Bummer.
> Open to suggestions to get it back.  All I see is the orange screen with no data.
> Craig WF6Q
>    
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[Dave Hachadorian-2]

I would try pressing the buttons on the four encoder/switches
(e.g. CMP/PWR) on the left side of the main VFO knob about 100
times each, then try turning the radio on.

When these switches malfunction, all kinds of crazy things
happen.  Mine had problems after a fairly long period of
inactivity.

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ


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