[Elecraft] K3 changing split?

K2MK k2mk at comcast.net
Sat Nov 7 10:47:20 EST 2009


Hi Chris:

I always like to first blame these problems on my computer. What PC program 
are you using with CW and RTTY? Did you arrive at the particular DX 
frequency by hitting a spot? Depending on your program and how the spot is 
listed, split information may or may not be present. Then if you 
accidentally bump VFO A and refresh the spot to get back on frequency you 
may inadvertently deactivate the SPLIT function. (Been there, done that with 
WriteLog).

73,
Mike K2MK



On a small number of occasions recently I've been working (what I believed
to be) split on CW, and been embarassed to find that I've transmitted on the
DX frequency. At first I put this down to senior moments, but now that I
have had the same thing happen on RTTY, I am increasingly (if not totally)
convinced that the K3 has reverted from split to unsplit of its own accord.
Could this be a result of RF in the shack? I would appreciate advice on
where to start troubleshooting. I am running the latest firmware on an
unmodded K3/100  #328 with the KA3T installed. The antennas are dipoles with
a common coax feed.

73 Chris, M0PSK 



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