Something happened behind my back!

[raroth7]

My K3 will not turn on.  It was semi-alive last night.  When I press the
"Power" button, the power supply meter reads about 2 amps and its
lighted meter glow brighter, but the K3 front panel lies lifeless.

I have been troubleshooting what appears to be a problem:  when
attempting to calibrate the KSYN3 I repeatedly got VFO A: E00005, VFO B:
ERR VCO at the test's conclusion.  Pushing ahead I attempted to perform
the cal for KREF3 using the beat frequency method, but could not hear
any on the air signal that were recognizable.  Instead there were
various signals roaming across the bandwidth.  My first thought was to
use a better antenna, but later pulled the KSYN3 to check for lead
clearance and proper mating of the connector.  All seemed ok, but the
radio wouldn't work.  So I left it still giving me VCO errors and went
to bed.  Just getting home I found the condition I mentioned above.

I'm not sure which direction to take, but I think I'll back off and
watch baseball before going through the schematics.

ttfn &
--
73,
Dick ka1oz
Middleborough, MA

K3/100(Kit) SN 000859
Titan-DX (to come)
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[raroth7]

Thomas Norff wrote:

> Hi Dick,
>
> my fully equiped K3 takes 0.87 A while receiving... first of all i would do
> the initial poweron checks again
>
> Good luck, hopefully nothing damaged so far...
>
> 73 Thomas, DM7TN
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Dick Roth KA1OZ
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 2:49 AM
> To: K3 Support
> Cc: Elecraft Reflector
> Subject: [Elecraft] Something happened behind my back!
>
> My K3 will not turn on.  It was semi-alive last night.  When I press the
> "Power" button, the power supply meter reads about 2 amps and its lighted
> meter glow brighter, but the K3 front panel lies lifeless.
>
> I have been troubleshooting what appears to be a problem:  when attempting
> to calibrate the KSYN3 I repeatedly got VFO A: E00005, VFO B:
> ERR VCO at the test's conclusion.  Pushing ahead I attempted to perform the
> cal for KREF3 using the beat frequency method, but could not hear any on the
> air signal that were recognizable.  Instead there were various signals
> roaming across the bandwidth.  My first thought was to use a better antenna,
> but later pulled the KSYN3 to check for lead clearance and proper mating of
> the connector.  All seemed ok, but the radio wouldn't work.  So I left it
> still giving me VCO errors and went to bed.  Just getting home I found the
> condition I mentioned above.
>
> I'm not sure which direction to take, but I think I'll back off and watch
> baseball before going through the schematics.
>
> ttfn &
> --
> 73,
> Dick ka1oz
> Middleborough, MA
>
> K3/100(Kit) SN 000859
> Titan-DX (to come)
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Wow!  I was just fooling around, pushing multiple panel buttons when it
came alive!  I thought that maybe there was a
backdoor/override-override...well I'm just speculating.  Well it turns
on and off properly now, but I'll call Aptos tomorrow evening (EDT) and
see where else my journey takes me.

Thanks to those who gave me encouragement.  This is a really nice list
to be a part of.

--
73,
Dick ka1oz
Middleborough, MA

K3/100(Kit) SN 000859
Titan-DX (to come)
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