I hadn't run the TX gain calibration in almost 2 years on my K3. I was seeing some significant power overshoot when I changed bands, up to 126 W when set to 100 W. After the first transmission, it alw

Today I decided to get my 2010 K3 out of its dry cupboard store and get it on the air. I had been stored for a year or so but in dry indoor conditions. All went well until I came to transmit and foud

Hi, I'm getting email bounce messages from polgarjozsef at microweb dot hu whenever I post something to this group. I believe that Mr. Polgar's email is doing something funky. Can one of the admins pl

I am seeing a harmonic rich instability that starts about 500kHz and drifts up to about 800kHz at low transmit powers (<5W), say on 80, as measured in a 50-ohm load and with ATU out of circuit. This f

Hi All Having an issue with my P3 not reading the frequency of the K3. It's not displaying it on the top center of the display. I have tried a bunch of different things in the menu , but nothing seems

This issue is solved! The problem was that when using an SSB mode, the TX audio was very heavily filtered. The initial symptom I noticed was that there was no RF gain out of the radio. The mic sounded

I love the scanner; I can work and when it finds something it stops. It works perfectly except: It doesn't stop on CW signals. I run the scanner by pressing the M>V from the setup I have done in memor

Greetings, I picked up a new-to-me K3 but was disappointed to find it has low output power when transmitting in SSB. I have done a lot of testing but this is a very complicated radio so I appeal to th

Some of my K3's buttons are flaky, so it's time to replace the button board. Should any other parts be replaced at the same time? 73, -Steve WX2S

I have a friend who's K3 got zapped by over-voltage from a failed supply. There but for the grace of God, I thought. Does anyone know what over-voltage usually does to a K3? Thanks 73 Colin G4CWH

I recently acquired an SDRPlay RSP1a that I want to connect to my K3’s IF out jack to set up a panadapter. In the course of my research, I learned of the DX Engineering Receiver Guard Electronic RF Li

Greetings you fine Elecraft hobbyists. Here is an integration puzzle that I am hoping you can help solve. My K3S and WSJT-X play nicely together, using just the USB connector from the rig to the compu

The lights on the K3 for LO and HI CUT wont light up with momentary pressing of the width and shift knobs Anyone had experience with this? Ive scoured the manual to see if this may happen if LO and HI

Hi All, Recently bought a K3 and P3 set up Having some issues getting the radio to talk to the microham MKII or any of my logging software In the radio tab on the MK2 it doesnt give me the option to c

Hi All, Just bought a used K3 / P3 and trying to get it hooked up using a microham MKII. In the router software I cant get the unit to talk to the radio through the RS232 port....the microham SW wont

Just playing with the K3 V my IC-7300, No preamp in both and the K3 shows S5-7 of noise level whereas my 7300 shows S0, with Preamp 1 in the 7300 it shows about S5, I know im in the city and a very no

Hi, I have to replace the positive powerpole connector in my K3 as the contact is bent back. Is there any information on spare parts or the replacement procedure? Vy73 de Simon

I sold my Kenwood TS890 and have a Elecraft amplifier keying and frequency cable for sale. $50 shipped. Charlie W3DDF

I have been told (thanks Ed!) that the difference between the SP3 and the SP4 is the size. The SP3 matches the K3; the SP4 matches the K4, which is higher. So, using a SP3 with a K4 will result in s a

Hi Guys, Please forgive me if I am being stupid here but I am still fighting the Cancer treatment and in Particular the Radiotherapy treatment that I went through that has certainly made things a lot