[Elecraft] KX3 - DATA A setup

[Ken Alexander]

Thank you David!  That did it!  Strange that it's not in the KX3 manual...

Thanks again and 73,

Ken


On 2015-10-11 3:00 PM, David Anderson wrote:
> Ken,
>
> Here is a copy and paste from something I wrote about this previously:
>
> Found this...
>
> * CW-IN-SSB TRANSMIT ADDED:  This feature allows you to send CW while 
> in SSB mode, which can be useful when your SSB signal cannot be copied 
> due to poor conditions. The other station will hear a tone at your CW 
> pitch. To enable CW-in-SSB: Locate the CW WGHT menu entry, then tap 
> ‘1’ (PRE) to alternate between “SSW +CW” (enabled) and “SSB –CW” 
> (disabled). The default is disabled. ImportantNotes: (1) CW-in-SSB 
> does not yet apply in SPLIT mode. (2) When CW-in-SSB is enabled, 
> tapping the KEYER/MIC knob toggles between keyer speed and mic 
> gain rather than between the two transmit metering scales (CMP/ALC and 
> SWR/RF). The CMP/ALC scale is still shown temporarily whenever CMP or 
> mic gain are adjusted.
>
>
> So that is what was causing it. DATA mode allows you to toggle it to 
> one or the other so when you go back to SSB.
>
> Useful to know.
>
> 73
>
> David Anderson GM4JJJ
>
>> On 12 Feb 2015, at 20:13, David Anderson <gm4jjj at yahoo.co.uk 
>> <mailto:gm4jjj at yahoo.co.uk>> wrote:
>>
>> Correction I meant stuck displaying CMP ALC in the last sentence.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> David Anderson GM4JJJ
>>
>>> On 12 Feb 2015, at 20:11, David Anderson <gm4jjj at yahoo.co.uk 
>>> <mailto:gm4jjj at yahoo.co.uk>> wrote:
>>>
>>> We have noticed (others on the Yahoo KX3 group) that if you toggle 
>>> to the CMP ALC meter display mode by tapping the Keyer/Mic knob 
>>> WHILE IN DATA mode that when you return to SSB mode there is no way 
>>> to toggle to SWR RF meter display. Tapping Keyer/Mic or CMP in SSB 
>>> then makes no difference, you are stuck forever displaying SWR RF.
>>>
>>> I wasn't aware of this until today, but it did cause quite a bit of 
>>> confusion.
>>>
>>> 73
>>>
>>> David Anderson GM4JJJ 
>
> 73
>
> David Anderson GM4JJJ
>
> On 11 Oct 2015, at 19:40, Ken Alexander <k.alexander at rogers.com 
> <mailto:k.alexander at rogers.com>> wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to set up my new KX3 to run JT-65.  I can't figure out how 
>> to switch the KX3's meter over to the CMP/ALC display to set my audio 
>> level.
>>
>> The manual is vague on this.  It says the display switches to CMP/ALC 
>> when in voice modes.  Not in DATA A, and I switched to SSB and not 
>> there either.  It still displays SWR/RF in receive and transmit.  All 
>> the manual says in the DATA A and AFSK A section is to adjust the mic 
>> gain for 4 to 5 bars of ALC indication.  I can't until I can switch 
>> the meter display over.
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ken Alexander
>> VE3HLS
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