[Elecraft] K3 Audio blast issue still there with FW 3.41 / 2.37

[Richard Squire]

Thanks, Tom. Yes, I read about this functionality and I used it.

But it's FFFF both ways...

73
Richard - HB9ANM


Radio Amateur N5GE wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:45:41 -0700 (PDT), Richard Squire
> <hb9anm at bluewin.ch> wrote:
> 
>>
>>On two occasions, I had that issue with the audio blast. Only on 160m so
far.
>>
>>After changing bands, I held TUNE to check the SWR, it was OK except I
heard
>>TWO short, high-tone beeps when pressing the button, although SW TONE is
>>permanently OFF.
>>Tried again, the two beeps came again and this time, after pressing TONE
>>again to switch back to RX, I heard a short, but deafening, scratching
audio
>>blast.
>>Third trial: two beeps again but no blast.
>>
>>After power cycling the K3, all was back to normal. Only one, lower-tone
>>beep as usual holding XMIT/TUNE.
>>
>>This happened twice after switching from another band to 160m.
>>Never happened in the last 18 months up to and including Beta 3.30.
>>
>>K3 Serial # 586
>>ATU installed but always bypassed when in the shack
>>Sub receiver installed but OFF on 160m
>>KDVR installed
>>2.7 MHz and 400 Hz filters
>>
>>73 Richard – HB9ANM
> 
> Richard,
> 
> In Firmware version 3.41 the added functionality below was added to
> help Elecraft diagnose Audio Blasts.
> 
> If your K3 does not display "FFFF" you should send the reading to
> Elecraft's technical staff support at elecraft.com.
> 
>>From the feature list of the Version 3.41 Firmware...
> 
> * DSP INTERNAL STATUS MONITORING: In the TECH MD menu entry,
> tapping 1 (main) or 2 (sub) displays DSP status information. If it is
> "FFFF", 
> no error has been detected. Tapping CLR resets the data to "FFFF".
> 
> 73,
> 
> Tom, N5GE
> 
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