[Elecraft] A KX3 Oddity when Changing LED BRT setting in Menu

Phil Wheeler w7ox at socal.rr.com
Sat Apr 19 18:17:04 EDT 2014


Never mind the dumb question.

I thought it was LCD brightness. It's LED 
brightness with the LCD backlight off. So it turns 
it off and them on so you can see what the result 
is.  DUH!

73, Phil

On 4/19/14, 3:08 PM, Phil Wheeler wrote:
> This may be new or may have been there all 
> along, because while I do Backlight Off when 
> operating outdoors, I don't think I've changed 
> the brightness until today.
>
> So I'm running though the menu looking for 
> something else and come to the LED BRT item and 
> wonder what the different brightnesses look 
> like. But I found that turning the main dial has 
> the following effect:
>
>  * LED backlight goes off
>  * TX light goes on (but KX3 does not appear to
>    be in TX mode); the other three LEDs come on, 
> too.
>  * This is the same light combo I see transiently
>    at KX3 power on.
>  * The LED BRT does respond to moving the main
>    dial to set it.
>  * Leaving menu turns off the LEDs and turns the
>    backlight back on.
>
> Is this normal behavior? If not, what should I 
> do next?
>
> 73, Phil w7ox
>



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