[Elecraft] K3 and HRD turning AGC off

Sat May 7 14:00:02 EDT 2011

Can the HRD polling be slowed down a bit?

On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV <lists at subich.com> wrote:
>
>> Trouble is the new features in HRD logbook, such as LOTW download
>> etc, tend to keep bringing me back to HRD!
>
> Try DXLab Suite ... its logbook (DXKeeper) has it all over HRD and
> the rig control module (CI-V Commander) does not "abuse" the K3 CAT
> interface.
>
> No matter how one configures HRD, it polls the transceiver as quickly
> as it can.  Watching HRD with a port snooping tool, it sends a poll
> every time it receives data (within a millisecond).  When a control
> program hammers any rig control processor that hard it's very likely
> that data will be garbled or the controller will become overrun.
>
> 73,
>
>    ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
> On 5/7/2011 11:22 AM, Stephen Prior wrote:
>> Thanks Jim
>>
>> Well I was pretty sure it was RF related until it happened twice on
>> receive today when I hadn't been transmitting for quite some time!
>> Perhaps I'll go back to MacLogger DX.   Trouble is the new features in HRD
>> logbook, such as LOTW download etc, tend to keep bringing me back to HRD!
>>
>> 73 Stephen G4SJP
>>
>>
>> On 07/05/2011 16:12, "JAMES ROGERS"<w4atk at bellsouth.net>  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Absolutely. I had this problem as well with HRD.  I was never able to
>>> resolve the issue. Since moving away from HRD to al Mac based software I
>>> have not seen the problem again.  I, for one, do not think it is an
>>> elecraft problem either, although it is hard to imagine why HRD would do
>>> this when returning from SSB(Voice and Data)  transmit (this is when I
>>> observed the problem). The consensus of support was it was RF in the
>>> shack. But, if that is the case, why just AGC??  A frustrating problem to
>>> say the least.
>>>
>>> 73s Jim, W4ATK
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 5/7/2011 10:14 AM, Stephen Prior wrote:
>>>>> I have (and I think I reported some time ago) been experiencing
>>>>> occasional
>>>>> AGC misbehaviour where the AGC would suddenly turn off.  Insofar as I
>>>>> can
>>>>> remember this has only happened on ssb and up until now I had formed
>>>>> the
>>>>> impression that I may have rf getting in somewhere as it only seemed
>>>>> to be
>>>>> apparent after going back to receive.
>>>>>
>>>>> However, three times today the AGC has without warning turned off, and
>>>>> not
>>>>> whilst transmitting. (I have been more active than normal, exercising
>>>>> my GR
>>>>> call!).  On one occasion I was listening on 15m usb and as I was
>>>>> looking at
>>>>> the display I saw the 's' disappear  it was probably coincidence that a
>>>>> station had just started to call on the frequency, but maybe not.
>>>>> This time
>>>>> I have been outside cutting grass  and returned to find the AGC had
>>>>> turned
>>>>> itself off again.  I am running Ham Radio Deluxe, but only for the
>>>>> logbook,
>>>>> however that requires the main control program to be running too.  HRD
>>>>> is
>>>>> constantly polling the K3 of course and perhaps a rogue command is
>>>>> entering
>>>>> the stream somewhere.  I am using the same prolific chipped usb
>>>>> adaptor that
>>>>> I have successfully used for years with a variety of OS's.  Now using
>>>>> windows 7 64 bit.  I can't remember if it happened on the previous XP
>>>>> machine.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have closed down HRD and not found the problem to re-occur, but to be
>>>>> honest the length of time for which I have listened without HRD
>>>>> running is
>>>>> small by comparison and the problem is sporadic to say the least.
>>>>> Nothing I
>>>>> do to HRD seems to be able to force the problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> Not Elecraft's problem I'm sure, but I am curious as to whether anyone
>>>>> else
>>>>> has noticed this issue before I venture onto the HRD forum, where they
>>>>> can
>>>>> be a little over-defensive at times :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> 73, Stephen G4SJP
>>>>>
>>>>> K3 #980 and P3, latest firmwares.  I'm fairly sure this happened at
>>>>> least
>>>>> once before buying the P3.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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