[Elecraft] Fixed and Reproduced - Ham Radio Deluxe + KX3 Issues - Re: KX3 - ATU Disabled Problem

[VaibhaV Sharma]

Reported the issue to HRD and they responded saying this has been fixed in
HRD 6.2. No more details of how this was fixed.

-- 
VaibhaV



On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 9:38 PM, Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> I believe you have identified an HRD problem.  When the KXPA100 is
> enabled, the KX3 ATU is disabled.  The solution is to set the PA to OFF,
> but apparently HRD is doing that whether the KXPA100 is pesent or not.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 4/8/2014 9:36 PM, VaibhaV Sharma wrote:
>
>> More info on this -
>>
>> Howard @ Elecraft Support promptly sent me the factory default config
>> file for the radio that fixed the issue. But later, I was able to reproduce
>> the issue and also fix without the factory configuration.
>>
>> I have the KX3 hooked up to Ham Radio Deluxe (latest version) with serial
>> interface for CAT control. HRD works with the radio for the most part
>> except I noticed this in the Radio CAT commands configuration -
>>
>> | Advanced: KX3     | RF power (High)     | Cmd = PC-04,  Min = 0.00, Max
>> = 120.00,  Prefix =,  Suffix =
>>    |
>> | Advanced: KX3     | RF power (Low)      | Cmd = PC-04,  Min = 0.00, Max
>> = 120.00,  Prefix =,  Suffix =
>>    |
>>
>> Notice the "Max = 120" part? Those values show up on HRD UI as -
>>
>> RF Power Low = 12
>> RF Power High = 120
>>
>> There are two RF power adjustment bard in HRD UI. The "RF Power Low"
>> slider works OK (has other issues) with the KX3 12 watt limit. But even
>> touching the "RF Power High" slider causes the KX3 to switch RF power value
>> to 110+ Watts (Yes, without a KXPA100, I wish).
>>
>> Once that happens, the ATU disengages and the radio refuses to transmit.
>>
>> The easy way to fix this is to touch the "RF Power Low" slider and the
>> radio switches back to under 12W and everything goes back to normal.
>> Shouldn't the KX3 itself handle this gracefully without tripping over the
>> ATU with bunch of errors?
>>
>> I am a brand new HRD user and still getting used to the UI. I reported a
>> major security issue to them a few days ago and will report this issue to
>> HRD team as well.
>>
>> Comments / other ideas welcome.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --
>> VaibhaV Sharma
>> W7VAI
>>
>>
>>
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