[Elecraft] modification requested

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

 >    That's a limitation from the dark ages.  :-)

Even the K3 fails to provide all of the data necessary to
completely decode all operational states in the auto-
information broadcasts thus the need to poll.  Your logger
may be happy with the frequency of VFO A but the lack of
information on VFO B, and/or dual/diversity/locked status
is a killer for high performance applications including
any application that controls a tunable antenna, tuner,
or amplifier based on the transmit frequency or hardware
that selects receive antennas for the sub-receiver based
on its frequency.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV

On 7/20/2010 11:04 AM, Mike wrote:
>    That's a limitation from the dark ages.  :-)
> My logging software has the option of polling, (for those rigs that still insist on
> it) or not. It's fairly trivial to implement.
> 73, Mike NF4L
>
> On 7/20/2010 10:38 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>>    >   Dave, Why are you polling the K3?
>>
>> Most, if not all, logging software needs to poll the rig
>> to determine its operating frequency.  In addition, other
>> hardware/software systems like LP-Pan/LP-Bridge. microHAM
>> products, etc. poll the rig to determine frequency and/or
>> mode to support features like automatic antenna switching,
>> support amplifiers not capable of band switching based on
>> BCD "Band Data" etc.
>>
>> "Polling the rig" has been a standard technique in software
>> since the earliest computer controllable radios and "silent
>> periods" (periods in which the radio simply fails to respond)
>> are an issue.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>>       ... Joe, W4TV
>>
>> On 7/20/2010 7:16 AM, Mike wrote:
>>> Dave, Why are you polling the K3? A limit of some software you're
>>> using? There is a CONFIG setting, AUTOINF (p. 54 of my manual), that
>>> causes the K3 to broadcast it's info when you change things (freq,
>>> mode) on the rig.
>>>
>>> 73, Mike NF4L
>>>
>>> On 7/19/2010 11:16 PM, David F. Reed wrote:
>>>> The K3 seems to ignore polls for 100mS or more when changing bands,
>>>> and also seems to randomly drop polls; this is causing some
>>>> problems interfacing with other equipment, and I cannot find a way
>>>> to work around it.
>>>>
>>>> Is this something I can look forward to a fix for, or something I
>>>> have to live with?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks and 73 de Dave, W5SV
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