[Elecraft] K-Pod MCU 1.09 'F3 Power Up' Question

[Marty Koszewski]

Hi Fred,
Thank you for your detailed response.  I am able to get my K-Pod to behave as you described.  However, the 'F3 power up' seems to work intermittently.  I must cycle the radio and K-Pod to get the tuning rate change to take place. Re-powering the K-Pod only does not seem to consistently change the tuning rate. 
I am looking forward to the firmware upgrade that will allow the K-Pod to have the same tuning rate as the K3S (instead of 1:2 or 1:4).

Happy Thanksgiving!
Marty - N1VH

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Hello Marty,

I don't remember seeing any response to your question so here is what I have found with my KPod:

The K3's tuning rate is determined by VFO CTS, FST and CRS and there are two fine rates (1 Hz and 10 Hz) and a course rate (100 Hz) depending on the FINE/COARSE switch.

So when my CTS is 200, the K3 tunes 200 Hz, 2 kHz and 10 kHz per revolution.

The normal power-on KPod tunes 100 Hz, 1 kHz, and 5 kHz per revolution.  (it divides by 2).

Holding F3 when power-on the KPod tunes 50 Hz, 500 Hz and 2.5 kHz per revolution (divide by 4).


Cheers,

Fred KE7X


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Subject: [Elecraft] K-Pod MCU 1.09 'F3 Power Up' Question

I installed the latest K-Pod firmware - MCU 1.09.   The release notes state "Adds a power-on feature: if the F3 button is held during power up the K-Pod encoder uses a divide by 4 scaling factor."    I do not notice any difference when powering up holding the F3 button.

What is the 'F3' power-up supposed to do?  I thought it might address the 4X VFO knob speed difference between the K3 and the K-Pod (my K3s VFO is still 4X faster than the K-Pod).

Thanks.

Marty - N1VH


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