Rich,
The T/R switching in the K3S is completely electronic, so no T/R relay
exists inside.
Since you report that switching from ANT1 to ANT2 and back corrects the
symptoms, I would suggest that you check the tightness of your antenna
coax to make certain all connectors in your antenna system are tight. A
loose connector or bad coax link can often behave like you describe.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 9/5/2015 7:37 PM, KE1B wrote:
I put my new K3S under “contest conditions” for the first time this weekend,
and discovered an intermittent problem.
Running SSB (it may happen in other modes as well, I don’t know), the radio
will stop outputting power. I hit the footswitch and the radio goes into TX
mode, and I can hear myself clearly in the monitor in the headset. (That tells
me that it’s not an intermittent microphone connector.) I checked the Mic level
and Power level and they are where they are supposed to be (31 and 50W,
respectively). However, the power meter LEDs don’t move, and the amplifier is
getting no drive.
A power-off/power-on reset of the radio cures the problem. Interestingly,
switching from ANT1 to ANT2 and back cures the problem. The problem occurs
every few minutes during “intense” (contest) operation. Could I have a
defective/intermittent T/R relay, or is this something anyone has seen before?
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