[Elecraft] P3 bug

[Wayne Burdick]

This may be a bug and it is on the list.

Wayne
N6KR


On Dec 29, 2014, at 3:57 PM, Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> My suspicion is that the presence or absence of this problem has something to do with the K3 to P3 communication when the K3 tells the P3 that it is finished transmitting and is now in receive mode. If that communication is disrupted for any reason, the P3 would not begin its read of the IF spectrum.
> 
> I am not any expert on how the internals of that communication happens, and we may have to wait until the K3/P3 engineers return from "holiday vacations" before we can see a response from them.  In other words, wait until next week before expecting any meaningful responses.  My input is purely a guess.
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
> 
> On 12/29/2014 6:30 PM, Mike K2MK wrote:
>> Hi Don,
>> 
>> I've had this problem for several years and I only started using QSK this
>> year. Further, the problem is also present when using RTTY (AFSK). I don't
>> use SSB very often so I have not noticed if the problem is present with that
>> mode.
>> 
>> All firmware for the K3, P3, and SVGA are the latest, either production or
>> beta.
>> 
>> I run WriteLog for both CW and RTTY. But for the testing I just posted about
>> I had no PC applications running and the K3 in test mode.
>> 
>> My K3 settings are generally all default values. If there is something
>> specific needed I can look it up and advise.
>> 
>> I checked the refresh rate on the P3 and it was set at 10ms which is per the
>> manual. I raised it to 20ms and the problem persists. I raised it 100ms and
>> the problem persists.
>> 
>> 
> 
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