[Elecraft] CW-to-Data does not work

[Dick Roth, KA1OZ]

I just noticed last night that my K3 #859 wasn't decoding CW.  I'm 
running 4.22 firmware.  I might go back to 4.17 to see if the function 
returns.

-- 
73,
Dick KA1OZ
Middleborough, MA

Radio:  Elecraft K3/100(Kit) SN 859
Antenna:  Titan-DX
Dick Dievendorff wrote:
> Hi, Ben!
>
> My Elecraft K3 wouldn't work on SSB this sweepstakes weekend, either!  I
> found that I had somehow lost the correct 2.7 kHz crystal filter offset (I
> alter the configuration of my radios a lot because my job requires it).  I
> removed the crystal filter, noted the -0.91 offset, and put that number into
> the K3 Utility's crystal filter configuration dialog.  Worked like a champ.
> I sure felt sheepish, though!
>
> A more drastic step if that doesn't work is to go through the Parameter
> Initialization procedure described on page 68 of the K3 Owner's Manual (I'm
> using revision D8). If that doesn't work, contact K3support at Elecraft.com
>
> For RTTY decoding, most of the people I talk to with this problem would get
> better results if they used the CW TUN display to correctly tune in the
> signal, or perhaps Text Decode hasn't been turned on.  My tone sense isn't
> good enough to do this without a visual tuning aid.  You kind of need to
> have the signal relatively alone; maybe a big DX pileup isn't the best place
> to try to get this working. One of the external RTTY decoders, like MMTTY,
> might be a better choice for a more ambitious RTTY decoder for a "hostile"
> DX pileup environment.
>
> GL with ZL8X!
>
> 73 de Dick, K6KR
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of SM6CKU
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 4:25 AM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] CW-to-Data does not work
>
> as it did a year ago. I have wkd one QSO on RTTY and just heard ZL8X on 30m
> with good copy. So I tried to call but nothing happens and I have followed
> the manual instructions. Any hint?
> And my K3 (2066) won't work on SSB either....
> On the other end, it's great on CW!
>
> 73 de Ben SM6CKU
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