[Elecraft] Dial LOCK Behaviour - Bug or Feature?

John Buck [email protected]
Tue Sep 2 19:31:03 2003


I saw an 800 Hz shift the first time I tried it then could not duplicate.

Aloha,
John KH7T

Rick Tavan wrote:

> When I hold LOCK on my K2, frequency locks even if the tuning knob is 
> moved, say by accidental nudging. This is as expected. But when I hold 
> it again to restore tuning, the rig jumps to a different frequency, 
> presumably wherever it would have gone while the knob was turning if 
> LOCK had not been engaged. This seems wrong to me as it negates half 
> the utility of the LOCK function. There is no way anyone could want to 
> jump to an unpredictable frequency based on blind tuning or accidental 
> nudging. But many people will often want to stay where they started 
> out. Both the MP and the 930 work that way. I think this is a K2 
> firmware bug (or perhaps a bug in my build).  Does anyone agree with me?
>
> 73,
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> /Rick N6XI
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