[Elecraft] K3 TUNE function

[Gary Mohrlant]

 From the manual:


Most calibration procedures use Tech-Mode menu
entries. To enable these, set CONFIG:TECH MD
to ON. Set TECH MD to OFF afterward.


So if Tech mode is off I don't think  the Tune button should not have 
any effect on the Calibration.










On 11/12/2012 15:46 PM, iain macdonnell - N6ML wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Geoffrey Downs
> <geoffreywd at madasafish.com> wrote:
>> Given that the transmitter gain calibration involves holding TUNE at 5w and 50w on each band (either manually or via the utility), why does holding TUNE at any other power level on any band not upset the tx gain calibration for that band? Or does it?
> Good question... Since the procedure requires power to be set to
> exactly 5.0W, it suggests that there's some special logic in the
> firmware that cause the calibration routine to kick in when TUNE is
> invoked with that setting. That seems to imply that one should not
> invoke the TUNE function at that power level under other
> circumstances, as an imperfect load could result in
> "decalibration"....
>
> 73,
>
>      ~iain / N6ML
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