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

Wed Nov 23 17:10:35 EST 2016

Hi Fred,
I re-installed the K-Pod and K3S firmware.  The K-Pod is now working as it is supposed to.  I must have had a ‘glitch’ in the original K-Pod firmware upgrade.  The ‘F3’ at power up does the correct ‘divide by 4’.  The K-Pod now resets itself when I cycle the power on the radio without the need to disconnect the K-Pod.  (My K-Pod is powered through the data port - I did the resistor upgrade to eliminate the need for a power cable).

Thanks again for your help.

Marty - N1VH

On Nov 23, 2016, at 4:47 PM, Cady, Fred <fcady at montana.edu> wrote:

That is interesting.  I have my KPod powered from the K3 12v output so have been turning both off and on so haven't noticed the intermittents.
In any event, the KPod is great!
Cheers,
Fred

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

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,

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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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