[Elecraft] [K3] FSK RTTY Problems

[Jim Miller]

Similar to others I had major problems with FSK-D RTTY with the latest beta
firmware this weekend on my K3 #1210.

I often found that my K3 didn't appear to recognize on the first attempt on
a band that the KPA500 was even present at all and instead put out the full
100W that I normally run when not using the KPA500. I hadn't seen this
reported by others. Needless to say the KPA faulted immediately on that!

I never really found a repeatable sequence that would set the power. I had
seen the note that power changes in TX or RX could be different so I
frantically tried either after reducing power into the teens after the KPA
faulted to huge overdrives.

I eventually found settings on each of 10 thru 80m that were somewhere
between 400 and 500w but never felt comfortable that something wasn't going
to go nuts.

FWIW, I normally run 500w or a bit more on RTTY with no problems at all
prior to this beta.

Eagerly awaiting a fix!!!

73

jim ab3cv