[Elecraft] K3: Strange VFO Behavior

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

I may just have come across this, at one point I couldn't get 160m - I power
cycled and all was ok.

John, if someone does get MBS ('Missing Bands Syndrome'), does a power cycle
fix it?

On 18/1/08 02:49, "John   [K7SVV]" <k7svv at arrl.net> sent:

> Ed,
>         I just went through this last week.  It is a known problem and is on
> Wayne's things-to-do list.  What ever you do, don't press the SPLT button to
> go into split  mode when you have the condition you described because if you
> do, you will screw up the band sequence when you step through the bands.  At
> one point I had 3 80m bands and no 60m and 40m when I cycled through the
> bands.  Until Wayne gets it fixed, be careful to not have different bands in
> VFO A and B.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed K1EP" <k1ep.list at gmail.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 5:16 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K3: Strange VFO Behavior

>I noticed this behavior this evening and I was wondering if anyone else
>could duplicate it.
>
> I have VFO A on 6M USB and VFO B on 10M USB.   When I turn the VFO B knob,
> the VFO frequency changes, but the mode changes to LSB.  If I turn VFO A
> now, the VFO A frequency changes and the mode goes back to USB.  If I do a
> band down, I don't get 10M on VFO A, instead I still see 6M, plus get a
> PLL error message flash by.
>
> Does anyone else see this?
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