David, Have you followed the steps in the manual for this error? If not, do that first - let the K3 warm up before doing this calibration.. If it persists, try doing the Reference Oscillator calibration (use method 2).
73, Don W3FPR On 9/8/2010 7:29 PM, David F. Reed wrote: > My K3 (serial number 1476) was working fine this morning, but started > exhibiting a problem this afternoon... > > I occasionally get a "ERR PL1" message on the screen; I have the > following behavior: > > 1. other stations report my transmission is off frequency or garbled. > 2. sometimes the receive acts like there is no antenna connected > (Noise floor at -140 db, as opposed to the more normal -120 db on > 40 meters) > 3. Sometimes the TUNE produces 0 watts out (set to 100); other times > it gives the full 100. > > I suspect all these symptoms are related to the error message. > > I note that the rig is warm (on for a few hours) but not hot; I don't > know if it will do this from cold, but I will try to find that out (rig > is off now waiting to cool down to about 80 deg. F.). > > Any thoughts or suggestions? > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
