[Elecraft] KX3 - RCL REQ when trying to channel hop (scan)?

[Mike Parkes]

Thanks Don,
Channel hoping works fine, but the software appears to looking for me to
turn the main vfo to any other men channel before it will accept SCAN. Yes
I have * prefix for each channel that I want "hopped" through. Channel 17
is not the issue, I just used that as an example. I just struck me as odd
that I can't initiate the channel hopping without having to manually select
a specific channel? All I want is to start the scan, why do I have to
select a different men channel than the one that is invoked with the RCL
button. It just struck me as odd is all. Not a big deal, was just curious
why it was forcing s different channel selection before it begins channel
hopping.

Yes, the channels are all in adjacent men slots, 00-28 and all of these use
* prefix. Are you saying I have to assign CH 00 (or 99?)without the * to
get this to scan without giving the RCL REQ?

Thanks, mike


On Jan 4, 2018 1:09 PM, "Don Wilhelm" <donwilh at embarqmail.com> wrote:

That would be "ReCalL REQuired".
Channel Hopping is different than Scanning.  For Normal Scanning to work,
you must enter a start and end frequency - except in the case of a Live
Scan.  Something is missing from your memory channel 17.  Does it have an
"*" in the label and is it adjacent to the other memory slots that you want
to have in the Live Scan?

For Channel Hopping or Live Scan, you store the channels in memory with an
"*" label as you have done.  Then you do a memory recall for one of those
channels.  The KX3 will go to that channel.  Use the VFO knob to hop from
one channel to the next.

Are the channels with the (*) in adjacent memory slots? - that is a
requirement.  You must have a non "*" memory on either side of the hopping
(or Live Scanning) group.
Make certain the memory for the channel you start on has an "*" in the
label.

73,
Don W3FPR




On 1/4/2018 2:31 PM, Mike Parkes wrote:

> I am trying to figure out what is causing RCL REQ to show up on the display
> when I am trying to scan channels (channel hopping is what the manual calls
> it) and not entering Scanning.
> For example, I have 28 memory channels assigned with local 2 meter repeater
> freqs. (*) prefix on the labels...
>
> Turn radio on.
> Vfo A selected.
> Press and hold Band+/RCL.
> That shows memory channel 17 flashing on the display.
> Press and hold SCAN.
> "RCL REQ" appears on the display for a few seconds, and the kx3 does not
> begin scanning.
>
> If I dial in *another* channel, then SCAN works. It seems weird that I have
>
> to find a different men channel besides the one that first shows up?
> What is "RCL REQ"?
>