On my KPA, 3 weeks ago one of the "finals" blew, 2nd time, first time they were under warrenty. Black inside the top which was rattling around. I am fairly close to Elecraft, so sent

Hi Nandu: Yes the same thing happened to me about a year and a half ago …the first symptom was “Mixing” / overloading on receive of all things …from local broadcast stations ..on 160M and

Also note that the K3 and K3s pull up values are pretty weak. Any significant loading by whatever is attached may result in a indeterminate TTL level. Obviously the KPA and KAT are properly designed

A question from a newbie to the K3s. I'm working through Cady's book and have come across something I don't quite understand on CW filtering. As I understand it, there are basically 3 modes of

KPA500 shut off with a bang while operating RTTY @300W. Antenna is a steppir beam. On opening the KPA500,found 2 ceramic? caps of VRF2933 adrift with underside of the said caps,black. I am in touch

You need to check if your radio needs the pullups... If not: I had the same failure and it was the band decoder chip on the IO board, as I recall DIO3? I bought a new board and then later replaced

According to the Elecraft Web Site, there was a production change on Dec 10, 2008, around K3 s/n 2362, to include pull-up resistors on the band data outputs. If you have an older model, you may need

Was non working K3 and older one? ...nr4c. bill

The VP8STI South Sandwich Isl. DXpedition is on the air with Elecraft K3 transceivers and KPA500 amps. For a pic of their site, see: http://elecraft.com/DXpeditions/Elecraft_VP8.jpg also

Use the utility and save macros to K3. Now go to CONFIG: Mac and assign the macro number to the button. ...nr4c. bill

Yep – K3 Utility > Configuration Tab … *sigh* Getting old … ;>) - 73 and good DX de Mike, K6MKF, President - NCDXC

Hi Gang, I have a couple of RTTY macros that I run: SWT21;MN255: - "K6MKF K6MKF" SWT31;MN255; - "TU 599 KN" I know SWT21 = M1 and SWT32 = M2 … but I can’t remember how to edit the

Thanks for that info. This looks like a great find for me. I have made some adapter cables I tried to hide so no one would laugh. My secret weapon was a terminal block covered in black tape. Ken

Ken, I have purchased from this company before http://hammadeparts.jivetones.com/ He seems to be able to make any adapter you might need. Even if it's one of a kind I needed an adapter from my

I need a cable of about 6 feet to fit between MH2 mike and mike jack onK3. Does anyone know of such a beast? Ken K5WK Ken, I have talked to this Gentleman who has many different

Try Tower Electronics. You want a Kenwood 8 pin extension cable or the ends to make one. You might want to consider a different mic plugged in the back. 73 Mike R Ps. You might check MFJ. Find me

I need a cable of about 6 feet to fit between MH2 mike and mike jack onK3. Does anyone know of such a beast? Ken K5WK

Hello to the group. I have the following K3 for sale K3/10F Transceiver S/N XXXXXX with installed option: -KAT3 - Automatic antenna tuner -KBPF3 - General-coverage front end band-pass filter