[Elecraft] KX3 / FLDIGI Problem

Brian Hunt huntinhmb at coastside.net
Sat Jul 30 18:40:17 EDT 2016


Are you using VOX to trigger transmit?  If so you might try different VOX GAIN settings. 

72,
Brian, K0DTJ

> On Jul 30, 2016, at 09:47, James Bennett <w6jhb at me.com> wrote:
> 
> I have a KX3 and am running FLDIGI 3.22.01 on my Raspberry Pi 3. Everything works… except for one annoying thing and I’m trying to find out if this is an FLDIGI issue or something I need to tweak on the KX3.
> 
> When I fire off a macro such as a CQ message, the rig goes into transmit as it should, sends the text in the macro as it should, but never returns to receive: the red TX light on the KX3 stays on, although the RF output ceases. I have to manually “tickle” the KX3 XMIT button to get the radio into receive mode. Here is a sample macro text I’ve been using to get this resolved:
> 
> <TX>Testing testing de w6jhb w6jhb k<RX>
> 
> Seems pretty darn basic, but in my case, basic isn’t getting the job done. Anyone else with a KX3 and FLDIGI know what I need to do to get this working w/o having to reach up there and press that XMIT button to get back to receive mode?
> 
> Thanks, Jim / W6JHB
> 



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