[Elecraft] Trouble with Auto-Spot (K3)

[Phil Hystad]

I had the same problem the other day.  Instead of driving the signal to the center of CWT it was shifted way off the signal.  I noticed that my VFO was on course tune so I switched to fine tune and now the SPOT feature worked just fine.  It seems that the VFO must be in fine tuning mode for this to work but I don't remember this always being the case.  I can't say for sure but I think I have used SPOT with CWT on both fine and course tuning and it always worked.  Well, at least I think it was that way.  My guess is maybe something changed in the recent update.

73, phil, K7PEH


On Mar 12, 2013, at 8:03 AM, Jim - KE8G <KE8G at cox.net> wrote:

> Hi Paul,
> Just curious, what firmware version are you using?  Is it the newest one?
> There was a problem a while back, but the latest version(s) have fixed that.
> 
> 73 de Jim - KE8G
> 
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> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of paul ecker
> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 10:15 AM
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> Subject: [Elecraft] Trouble with Auto-Spot (K3)
> 
> Have recently noticed that the Auto-Spot feature on my K3 is not working as
> well as it used to. With CWT on, if I manually tune the signal, to get a
> blinking bar to show in the CW/Data Tuning Aid area of the S-Meter area, and
> then Tap SPOT, it drives the signal off the tuning bar, whereas it used to
> bring it to the center and zero beat it. I am using filter settings between
> 200-400. I have THR set at 2. Any ideas on what I can do to correct this?
> 
> 73 Paul kc2nyu
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