[Elecraft] K3: VFO B follows band changes on VFO A

[n4lq]

Yea I have the same problem and it drives me nuts. Trying to listen to the 
SW bands causes all kinds of confusion with the "Band" button. I loose bands 
and screw up others. What I wish is for is that the "band" button always 
just select ham bands and not suddenly become some weird "band". I had the 
wise idea of just using VFO B for SWLing and VFO A for standard hamming but 
somehow the end up interacting and I eventually have to get the whole mess 
straightened out. Otherwise I love this rig!
Steve Ellington
N4LQ at insightbb.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich (KE0X)" <RichLentz at cox.net>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 6:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: VFO B follows band changes on VFO A


>
> The frequency selected in VFO B is stored in memory and can be changed to
> whatever you want, and thus can be recalled again.
>
> BUT - and this must be a bug - on my rig as soon as I get to far out of 
> the
> VFO A band range (for example if on the 20 meter band when I tune below
> 13000) with the B VFO there is a click then a 3 to 5 S unit drop in signal
> strength.  Similar things happen on the other bands. This can't be right.
> It appears that the B VFO is changing band pass filters even though I have
> no second receiver and am listening to the A VFO.
>
> Definitely should not do this.
>
> ALSO, strange things happen to the 30 meter band stored frequency when I 
> try
> this. That is after observing that the signal drops as above, I noticed 
> that
> the 30 meter band changed so that both VFO A changes to the frequency I 
> had
> selected on the 20 meter band and the B VFO changes to the where I left 
> the
> B VFO while on the 20 meter band before changing down to 30 meters.
>
> It appears that if you tune the B VFO out of range then not only is the
> present band messed up but also at least the next lower band.
>
> Even worse than above.
>
> Rich
>
>
>
> LY2IJ wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Still learning - didn't find answer in manual or on reflector:
>>
>> VFO B band changes when I change band on VFO A - is it normal?
>> Is it possible to change to "ICOM" behavior? - where VFO A and B are
>> independant - eg. VFO A on 160 and VFO B on 20 SSB and I can jump
>> betwen them with one push.
>>
>> 73
>> Arunas LY2IJ, K3 s/n 5oo
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