[Elecraft] K3 Couple of issues during CQWW RTTY

[D Joyce]

Hi Joe:  I've had a problem similar to your #1 for over a year now.  In my 
case while running FSK the K3 (Ser 2432) would switch from 45 to 75 baud all 
by itself in the middle of the contest - it may have been after a band or 
large frequency change, I don't remember now.  I also had a problem with the 
K3 remembering the custom settings for the Filter Presets I & II.  They 
seemed to be lost following a power on/off cycle.

The last time I checked with Support I was told that Wayne was aware of one 
or both of these and would be working on them once the design work on the 
KX3 was completed.  I haven't checked lately so don't know the current 
status.

As to your problem #2, I haven't seen any of that since I'm running FSK 
rather than AFSK.

73,  Doug  VE3MV


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe K2UF" <joe at k2uf.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 3:09 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Couple of issues during CQWW RTTY


>I had the following two problems during the RTTY contest this past weekend.
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> 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.
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> 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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> I have looked over the K3 manual and could not find any hints about 
> problem
> 1.  Problem 2 is a real puzzler.
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> Anyone have any ideas?
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> Thanks  Joe K2UF
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