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

[w6jd at comcast.net]

I spoke to Wayne at Visalia about this very problem. He says it
is "on the list". He has a scheme where if you venture outside the
ham bands a new frequency register is "spawned" and becomes
the "general coverage" register so the band up/down buttons
behave normally.

73,
Doug, W6JD


-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "n4lq" <n4lq at insightbb.com> 

> 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)" 
> To: 
> 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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