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Good Morning,

I’m in the process of purchasing a KX3 and will be the third owner. The seller suggested the radio be reset but not entirely back to factory defaults.

Never having owned an Elecraft radio I have no clue how to go about doing this. Would someone please point me in the right direction to learn how this is done?

Thank you, Tommy
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Grant Youngman-2

Re: Reset Third-Hand KX3

FIRST, make a backup of the KX3 configuration using the KX3 Utility.

Then, look up EEINIT in the manual (it’s on page 46 in my version). I DO NOT recommend you do a factory reset.

A reset won’t really buy you anything unless the radio isn’t working. And importantly, you will lose some important internal calibration data. And unless you’re just a glutton for punishment, you don’t really want to redo it all, unless you think something is out of whack.

Grant NQ5T

> On May 22, 2020, at 8:05 AM, Tommy Judson via Elecraft <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Good Morning,
>
> I’m in the process of purchasing a KX3 and will be the third owner. The seller suggested the radio be reset but not entirely back to factory defaults.
>
> Never having owned an Elecraft radio I have no clue how to go about doing this. Would someone please point me in the right direction to learn how this is done?
>
> Thank you, Tommy
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Hi,

Significant phrase - glutton for punishment - written by a respondent. Being an engineer I’ve sometimes regretted taking on a project or two because of thinking I could fix just about anything.

The manuals will be with the radio so will dig through them for a guide when the package arrives before doing anything else. Looked on the company website and there seems to be complete info on each of their products too. Also have Cady’s book The Elecraft KX Line that I’ve been reading and find it is chock full of good info.

Think I’m in for an awakening - the last rig or two I owned had 6146 finals with 807 modulators driving a pair of 500 Z's in a hot box. The KX 3 is most likely about the same size as one of those tubes.

Thank you to those who replied to my first post.

73, Tommy
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Kurt Pawlikowski

Re: Reset Third-Hand KX3

Tommy,

     6146? 807? What kind of code is that? {'-)

     No, I know what they are! I was just musing about the differences
between the old tube rigs and the modern solid state SDR's... Where an
an old tube rig can get struck by lightning and keep ticking, many of
the new rigs can barely take a static discharge. Of course, most of the
new rigs can be dropped down a flight of stairs and sustain only
cosmetic damage! I am always amazed when seeing old Field Day pictures
where they were operating several hundred pounds of "radio" in the
field! And those were the days when keeping one hand in your pocket
really meant something! Ah! The old "foot warmers" were nice during
Winter, but just exacerbated things during the grueling dog days of Summer!

     {'-)

     kurtt WB9FMC

On 5/22/2020 9:01 AM, Tommy Judson via Elecraft wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Significant phrase - glutton for punishment - written by a respondent. Being an engineer I’ve sometimes regretted taking on a project or two because of thinking I could fix just about anything.
>
> The manuals will be with the radio so will dig through them for a guide when the package arrives before doing anything else. Looked on the company website and there seems to be complete info on each of their products too. Also have Cady’s book The Elecraft KX Line that I’ve been reading and find it is chock full of good info.
>
> Think I’m in for an awakening - the last rig or two I owned had 6146 finals with 807 modulators driving a pair of 500 Z's in a hot box. The KX 3 is most likely about the same size as one of those tubes.
>
> Thank you to those who replied to my first post.
>
> 73, Tommy
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rich hurd WC3T

Re: Reset Third-Hand KX3

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Being an engineer, I offer you the perspective that you've gone from
glowing tubes (a beautiful sight) to what I refer to as an SDR with twiddly
bits. Being an SDR it's easy to brick it. Sounds like you're well on
your way down the Elecraft path and trust me, you will enjoy the journey.

On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 10:01 AM Tommy Judson via Elecraft <
[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Significant phrase - glutton for punishment - written by a respondent.
> Being an engineer I’ve sometimes regretted taking on a project or two
> because of thinking I could fix just about anything.
>
> The manuals will be with the radio so will dig through them for a guide
> when the package arrives before doing anything else. Looked on the company
> website and there seems to be complete info on each of their products too.
> Also have Cady’s book The Elecraft KX Line that I’ve been reading and find
> it is chock full of good info.
>
> Think I’m in for an awakening - the last rig or two I owned had 6146
> finals with 807 modulators driving a pair of 500 Z's in a hot box. The KX
> 3 is most likely about the same size as one of those tubes.
>
> Thank you to those who replied to my first post.
>
> 73, Tommy
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Don Wilhelm

Re: Reset Third-Hand KX3

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Tommy,

I would not recommend doing a Reset to Factory Defaults unless there is
a problem.
That reset will wipe out calibration and the installed option as well as
setting the menu items back to default information.

You can always go into the menu and set each entry of interest to you to
its default or setting of your preference. I would suggest you do not
'monkey' with the locked calibration settings. The menu listing in the
back of the manual indicates the default for each menu item. The menu
is not gigantic or deep - unlike some other radios.

If you really want to do a reset, first save a configuration file using
KX3 Utility. After the reset, you can restore the configuration.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 5/22/2020 8:05 AM, Tommy Judson via Elecraft wrote:
> Good Morning,
>
> I’m in the process of purchasing a KX3 and will be the third owner. The seller suggested the radio be reset but not entirely back to factory defaults.
>
> Never having owned an Elecraft radio I have no clue how to go about doing this. Would someone please point me in the right direction to learn how this is done?
>
> Thank you, Tommy
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Bob McGraw - K4TAX

Re: Reset Third-Hand KX3

Rule #1 - If it isn't broke, don' try to fix it.

Rule#2 - See rule #1.

I agree with Don, a reset will wipe everything including calibrations
and alignment parameters. While the previous owner's information,
frequencies, and etc. may not be of use to you, one can easily overwrite
those values with the utility.

And as always, make a back-up of the radio configuration before you
change anything. Then after you make changes, make a back-up of your
data. The back-up files are each date and time stamped. That then
becomes a good starting point for future reference.

73

Bob, K4TAX

On 5/22/2020 12:07 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:

> Tommy,
>
> I would not recommend doing a Reset to Factory Defaults unless there
> is a problem.
> That reset will wipe out calibration and the installed option as well
> as setting the menu items back to default information.
>
> You can always go into the menu and set each entry of interest to you
> to its default or setting of your preference. I would suggest you do
> not 'monkey' with the locked calibration settings. The menu listing
> in the back of the manual indicates the default for each menu item.
> The menu is not gigantic or deep - unlike some other radios.
>
> If you really want to do a reset, first save a configuration file
> using KX3 Utility. After the reset, you can restore the configuration.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 5/22/2020 8:05 AM, Tommy Judson via Elecraft wrote:
>> Good Morning,
>>
>> I’m in the process of purchasing a KX3 and will be the third owner.
>> The seller suggested the radio be reset but not entirely back to
>> factory defaults.
>>
>> Never having owned an Elecraft radio I have no clue how to go about
>> doing this. Would someone please point me in the right direction to
>> learn how this is done?
>>
>> Thank you, Tommy
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Jim Brown-10

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On 5/22/2020 7:01 AM, Tommy Judson via Elecraft wrote:
> the last rig or two I owned had 6146 finals

I remember those days -- as a teenager, I had a borrowed DX100, later
built an Apache. Both have long since met their reward. Elecraft rigs
are well documented in their manuals, with pdfs online for download.

73, Jim K9YC
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Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT-3

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I wrote to [hidden email] asking for the configuration file for my
2013 vintage KX3.

They sent me the specific file for my radio's serial number, with the
factory calibration info.

73 -- Lynn

On 5/22/20 11:25 AM, Walter Underwood wrote:
> There is no way to reset just the preferences to factory default settings. It would be nice and people have asked for it, but it doesn’t exist. Saving and restoring preference sets would be a handy thing.
>
> wunder
> K6WRU
> Walter Underwood
> CM87wj
> http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)
>
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