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Thaire Bryant-3

P3 question

I just finished rewiring and rearranging my operating position (K3s, KPA1500 and P3) along with my station computer. On reassembling I found that all was good except for the P3, I lost the signal display and the waterfall. I have no problem connecting to the three utilities and all show up to date firmware. The P3 shows the center frequency (VFO A) and displays PEP and SWR. I have rechecked all connections and all appear to be correct. Any ideas? I can not find any help in troubleshooting areas of manual or Fred Cary book.

Thanks & 73
Thaire. W2APF
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Nr4c

Re: P3 question

Make sure all connectors are firmly seated.

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> On Nov 23, 2020, at 6:05 PM, Thaire Bryant <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> I just finished rewiring and rearranging my operating position (K3s, KPA1500 and P3) along with my station computer. On reassembling I found that all was good except for the P3, I lost the signal display and the waterfall. I have no problem connecting to the three utilities and all show up to date firmware. The P3 shows the center frequency (VFO A) and displays PEP and SWR. I have rechecked all connections and all appear to be correct. Any ideas? I can not find any help in troubleshooting areas of manual or Fred Cary book.
>
> Thanks & 73
> Thaire. W2APF
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George Danner-2

Re: P3 question

Thaire,
Seems that you are not getting the K3 IF output into the P3.
1st - Make sure the BNC cable is on the 2nd from top not the top connector
on the P3(Don't ask how I know).
2nd - BNC connectors can sometimes be fussy. I had an intermittent on the
output of the K3. I used a pick and "tightened" the female by bending the
center female. This was several years ago after moving into a new house
with a new Ham Shack.

73
George AI4VZ

On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 6:55 PM Nr4c <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Make sure all connectors are firmly seated.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> ...nr4c. bill
>
>
> > On Nov 23, 2020, at 6:05 PM, Thaire Bryant <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
> >
> > I just finished rewiring and rearranging my operating position (K3s,
> KPA1500 and P3) along with my station computer. On reassembling I found
> that all was good except for the P3, I lost the signal display and the
> waterfall. I have no problem connecting to the three utilities and all
> show up to date firmware. The P3 shows the center frequency (VFO A) and
> displays PEP and SWR. I have rechecked all connections and all appear to
> be correct. Any ideas? I can not find any help in troubleshooting areas
> of manual or Fred Cary book.
> >
> > Thanks & 73
> > Thaire. W2APF
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Thaire Bryant-3

Re: P3 question

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Thanks to all. I rechecked each connection and after really pushing in on the RS 232 connection to the K3s the screen popped! What a great group, I had checked all before but apparently didn’t push hard enough on this one!

73,
Thaire. W2APF

> On Nov 23, 2020, at 18:50, Nr4c <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Make sure all connectors are firmly seated.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> ...nr4c. bill
>
>
>> On Nov 23, 2020, at 6:05 PM, Thaire Bryant <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> I just finished rewiring and rearranging my operating position (K3s, KPA1500 and P3) along with my station computer. On reassembling I found that all was good except for the P3, I lost the signal display and the waterfall. I have no problem connecting to the three utilities and all show up to date firmware. The P3 shows the center frequency (VFO A) and displays PEP and SWR. I have rechecked all connections and all appear to be correct. Any ideas? I can not find any help in troubleshooting areas of manual or Fred Cary book.
>>
>> Thanks & 73
>> Thaire. W2APF
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