[Elecraft] WSJT-X K3/K3s hanging as Tx

Gary Smith Gary at ka1j.com
Mon Nov 13 14:12:34 EST 2017


For those using WSJT-X, sometimes I find 
the K3s is locked as transmit but there is 
no RF being sent and no Rx from the K3. 

Looking at the P3 I see a jitter on the 
upper half of the screen as if there was a 
tiny output but no Rf is seen on any of 
the three SWR meters in line (K3s, AP3 & 
LP-100A).

I couldn't get WSJT to receive, looked at 
the settings, all were correct and as is 
sometimes needed with WSJT-X, I rebooted 
to get it to work properly but it still 
did not lock onto the K3s frequency. 
Rebooted again and then I realized the K3s 
was in that TX condition with both the red 
& yellow LEDs lit and that jitter on the 
P3 upper screen.

This happens every so often and what I 
have to do is touch any of the buttons on 
the K3s and it disengages this situation. 
I did that to deal with the issue I 
mentioned above. I could restart the K3s 
but then I'd have to restart LP-Bridge and 
wait, so I use the quick fix.

Anyone experience this and figure out how 
to prevent it?

Thanks!

73,

Gary
KA1J



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