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w7aqk

Woke Up With A Headache--No K3 ATU

Hi All,

When I went to bed last night, everything was A O K. This morning, I turned
on the K3, and got an error message--no ATU! Sure enough, the ATU would not
trigger. K3 menu is set for ATU, and cycling the power on and off a few
times didn't seem to help. However, perserverance wins, and finally a cycle
of power on and off restored the ATU! Go figure! ATU now seems to be
functioning O.K.

These microprocessors are indeed confounding devices. I don't know if I
have something to worry about or not, but it concerns me since I've never
received an error message like that--at least not since I got the K3
properly up and running. I hope this radio isn't going to get cranky!

Dave W7AQK

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Bruce McLaughlin-2

RE: Woke Up With A Headache--No K3 ATU

I believe the digital gods like to toy with us. My K-3 has largely behaved
itself but several weeks ago it suddenly stopped producing RF when tune was
pressed. Turning it on and off, etc., did not entice it to work. It
however was working in all other respects, including producing RF when keyed
with the paddle. I finally gave up and called Elecraft. After a bit of
inquiry it was determined that somehow a "bit flipped in the code." After a
reset and a manual reentry of the various menu settings everything worked
fine and has continued to do so. As far as I know, nothing unusual had
occurred before that situation developed. In any event, I am glad your K-3
is working again.

Bruce-W8FU

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Dave Yarnes
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 6:44 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: [Elecraft] Woke Up With A Headache--No K3 ATU

Hi All,

When I went to bed last night, everything was A O K. This morning, I turned

on the K3, and got an error message--no ATU! Sure enough, the ATU would not

trigger. K3 menu is set for ATU, and cycling the power on and off a few
times didn't seem to help. However, perserverance wins, and finally a cycle

of power on and off restored the ATU! Go figure! ATU now seems to be
functioning O.K.

These microprocessors are indeed confounding devices. I don't know if I
have something to worry about or not, but it concerns me since I've never
received an error message like that--at least not since I got the K3
properly up and running. I hope this radio isn't going to get cranky!

Dave W7AQK

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Mike Harris-9

Re: Woke Up With A Headache--No K3 ATU

Cosmic rays.

Regards,

Mike VP8NO

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce McLaughlin" <[hidden email]>
To: "'Dave Yarnes'" <[hidden email]>; <[hidden email]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 11:33 AM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Woke Up With A Headache--No K3 ATU

|I believe the digital gods like to toy with us. My K-3 has largely
behaved
| itself but several weeks ago it suddenly stopped producing RF when tune
was
| pressed. Turning it on and off, etc., did not entice it to work. It
| however was working in all other respects, including producing RF when
keyed
| with the paddle. I finally gave up and called Elecraft. After a bit of
| inquiry it was determined that somehow a "bit flipped in the code."
After a
| reset and a manual reentry of the various menu settings everything
worked
| fine and has continued to do so. As far as I know, nothing unusual had
| occurred before that situation developed. In any event, I am glad your
K-3
| is working again.
|
| Bruce-W8FU

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Bruce McLaughlin-2

RE: Woke Up With A Headache--No K3 ATU

Ah ha, that must have been it or possibly, ET played with it when he was
here!

Bruce-W8FU

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Mike Harris
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 10:05 AM
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Woke Up With A Headache--No K3 ATU

Cosmic rays.

Regards,

Mike VP8NO

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce McLaughlin" <[hidden email]>
To: "'Dave Yarnes'" <[hidden email]>; <[hidden email]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 11:33 AM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Woke Up With A Headache--No K3 ATU

|I believe the digital gods like to toy with us. My K-3 has largely
behaved
| itself but several weeks ago it suddenly stopped producing RF when tune
was
| pressed. Turning it on and off, etc., did not entice it to work. It
| however was working in all other respects, including producing RF when
keyed
| with the paddle. I finally gave up and called Elecraft. After a bit of
| inquiry it was determined that somehow a "bit flipped in the code."
After a
| reset and a manual reentry of the various menu settings everything
worked
| fine and has continued to do so. As far as I know, nothing unusual had
| occurred before that situation developed. In any event, I am glad your
K-3
| is working again.
|
| Bruce-W8FU

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Adam Koczarski

RE: Woke Up With A Headache--No K3 ATU

In reply to this post by Mike Harris-9

Cycle 24!! Not... :(

Adam - ka7ark

> -----Original Message-----
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> [hidden email]] On Behalf Of Mike Harris
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> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Woke Up With A Headache--No K3 ATU
>
> Cosmic rays.
>

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W6ODJ

Re: Woke Up With A Headache--No K3 ATU

In reply to this post by Bruce McLaughlin-2

Dear Bruce,

The K3 is, among other things, a computer. So the computer rules
apply: First turn it off, unplug it, count to 20, and turn it back
on. If that fails, reset it. The reset routine is on page 61 of the
Owner's Manual (it's called Parameter Initialization).

Before trouble occurs (i.e. NOW), be sure to back it up (another
computer rule) by saving the configuration using the K3 Utility and
your computer. Then after you reset it, you can restore the
configuration you worked so hard to get right.

--Oliver Johns, W6ODJ

On 30 Dec 2008, at 6:33 AM, Bruce McLaughlin wrote:

> I believe the digital gods like to toy with us. My K-3 has largely
> behaved
> itself but several weeks ago it suddenly stopped producing RF when
> tune was
> pressed. Turning it on and off, etc., did not entice it to work. It
> however was working in all other respects, including producing RF
> when keyed
> with the paddle. I finally gave up and called Elecraft. After a
> bit of
> inquiry it was determined that somehow a "bit flipped in the code."
> After a
> reset and a manual reentry of the various menu settings everything
> worked
> fine and has continued to do so. As far as I know, nothing unusual
> had
> occurred before that situation developed. In any event, I am glad
> your K-3
> is working again.
>
> Bruce-W8FU
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Dave Yarnes
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 6:44 AM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: [Elecraft] Woke Up With A Headache--No K3 ATU
>
> Hi All,
>
> When I went to bed last night, everything was A O K. This morning,
> I turned
>
> on the K3, and got an error message--no ATU! Sure enough, the ATU
> would not
>
> trigger. K3 menu is set for ATU, and cycling the power on and off a
> few
> times didn't seem to help. However, perserverance wins, and finally
> a cycle
>
> of power on and off restored the ATU! Go figure! ATU now seems to be
> functioning O.K.
>
> These microprocessors are indeed confounding devices. I don't know
> if I
> have something to worry about or not, but it concerns me since I've
> never
> received an error message like that--at least not since I got the K3
> properly up and running. I hope this radio isn't going to get cranky!
>
> Dave W7AQK
>
>
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Bruce McLaughlin-2

RE: Woke Up With A Headache--No K3 ATU

Unfortunately, using the utility program to restore the settings did not
work. It was determined that the utility saved the code that had become
corrupted. So we had to do it the hard way. Even so, using the utility for
restoration of settings in most cases is a very good idea.

Bruce-W8FU

-----Original Message-----
From: O. Johns [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 4:36 PM
To: Bruce McLaughlin
Cc: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Woke Up With A Headache--No K3 ATU

Dear Bruce,

The K3 is, among other things, a computer. So the computer rules
apply: First turn it off, unplug it, count to 20, and turn it back
on. If that fails, reset it. The reset routine is on page 61 of the
Owner's Manual (it's called Parameter Initialization).

Before trouble occurs (i.e. NOW), be sure to back it up (another
computer rule) by saving the configuration using the K3 Utility and
your computer. Then after you reset it, you can restore the
configuration you worked so hard to get right.

--Oliver Johns, W6ODJ

On 30 Dec 2008, at 6:33 AM, Bruce McLaughlin wrote: