[Elecraft] Re: A Minor Puzzle - Direct Freq. Entry

[Wayne Burdick]

"D.R. Weiss KI�RP" wrote:

> The manual says there are three possible results from using direct
> frequency entry:
> 1.  a freq. within the current band - current VFO updated
> 2.  a freq. in a different band - band change, and target band config. loaded
> 3.  a freq. too far outside any band - switched to last freq. used on
> closest available band
> 
> However, I get a 4th result when trying the 5000-5999 range:
> the display just sits there reading "-5000" and waiting for me to do
> something else.
> 
> Now I know this isn't an earth-shaking problem, but does anyone have any
> ideas on this?

Hi Dave,

Direct frequency entry requires 5 digits in most cases. Some obvious
special cases require only 4 digits: for example, 3xxx-4xxx selects 80
meters. But in the case of 5xxx, it is waiting for a sixth digit--to put
you somewhere on 6 meters. Your K2 doesn't have 6 meters built in (not
many do  :)  so it will switch you to the next closest band when you hit
that 5th digit, and in this case it's 10 meters. (If you have one of the
transverter bands programmed as 6 meters, you can do in-band direct
frequency entry to 5xxxx, as described in the K2 Rev 2 firmware manual.) 

The reason we took this approach is that the VCO won't tune to 5 MHz
anyway. You could try to tune down from 7 MHz to 5 MHz, but the VCO will
lose lock at some point.

73,
Wayne
N6KR