[Elecraft] K3 Couple of issues during CQWW RTTY

[Brian Alsop]

Second what Don said.  Has to be in AFSK drive adjustment.

Here identical N1MM/K3/KPA500 except ran FSK.  Power always went up to 
max set power from the first diddle.

73 de Brian/K3KO

On 10/1/2012 19:28, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> Joe,
>
> I don't know anything in the K3 that would cause your problem 1, but I
> strongly suspect that is an N1MM related situation.
>
> My guess on your problem 2 is that you were not driving the audio hard
> enough.
> With the K3, you cannot follow the frequent advice given for data modes
> to "set the power to max and use the audio drive to bring up the power
> to the desired level" -- that WILL NOT work well with the K3.  Do as the
> K3 manual indicates, set the audio level for 4 ALC meter bars solid with
> the 5th one flashing (you can do that in TX TEST so you do no0t bother
> anyone on the air) - then set the power knob for the desired power.
>
> Failure to follow those instructions will result in "power creep" like
> you were seeing.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 10/1/2012 3:09 PM, Joe K2UF wrote:
>> I had the following two problems during the RTTY contest this past weekend.
>>
>>
>>
>> 1.-   I had to reset the mode from FSK D to AFSK A many times.  Usually when
>> I changed bands or a large change in frequency within the same band.  When I
>> get to the top of the band and want to go back to the bottom of the band I
>> would type the frequency in N1MM.  Radio would QSY to the new frequency but
>> the mode would revert back to FSK D.  This would not happen every time but
>> quite often.
>>
>>
>>
>> 2.-  Using the K3 / KPA500 setup with N1MM running on a Win XP desktop pc
>> with a soundMAX sound card.  The K3 running about 25 watts and the LINE IN
>> level set at 10 the KPA500 power out would start at about 60 to 70 watts.
>> Each time I would call/work someone the power out on the KPA500 would
>> increase.  After 8 or 10 calls/Qs the power would be up to 400 to 500 watts.
>> If I changed the power level on the K3 down 1 watt and then back up 1 watt
>> the process would start all over again.  I do not have the same problem on
>> CW.  I have not used the amp in a CW contest yet, but I have worked several
>> DXpeditions/DX stations sometimes calling for over an hour. The amp output
>> would stay where it was set.
>>
>
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