[Elecraft] K3-Problem with DX spot point-&-click

[Terry Schieler]

Fellow Elecraftonians,

 

For years I have used N3FJP's ACLog logging software in conjunction with my
FT1000MP and TS-850SAT.  Like most others, the program has a DX Tel-net spot
"point-&-click" feature that changes the frequency, band and mode on my rigs
with lightning quickness.  This weekend in the contest I used ACLog with my
K3 for the first time.  

 

K3/100 #474

Firmware:  v2.46  

DSP:  v1.92

 

I found that the K3 was very slow to respond to clicking on the DX spots in
the logging software.  Both the logging program and the K3 were set to
38,400 baud, 8 data bits, NO parity and 1 stop bit. When I would click on a
spot that was in the same band that the K3 was currently set to, the
frequency change was made fairly quickly.  But when I clicked on a spot that
called for a band change, I noticed that the mode would often change first
(on the K3's existing frequency) then a 1-2 second delay before the rig
changed to the newly spotted band.  To top it off, the resulting mode was
often incorrect on the K3 after making the change to the new spot.  I could
find no specific pattern to the mode changes.  

 

I checked and rechecked the logging software settings to no avail.  It was
obvious to me from the get go that the K3 doesn't change bands all that
quickly when pressing the BAND button on the front panel, so I suspect that
the logging software is "pressing the button" but the K3 just takes longer
to respond to a band change than my old 'MP or TS-850.

 

Has anyone else experienced this?  If so, is there a known fix?  I have also
sent this info to the logging software's developer as well as it may be an
issue on that end.

 

73,

 

Terry, W0FM

 

 

 

 

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