[Elecraft] K3s & P3 used with Data

Nr4c nr4c at widomaker.com
Fri Feb 1 14:04:24 EST 2019


Glad to be of service. 

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...nr4c. bill


> On Feb 1, 2019, at 10:39 AM, Bob McGraw K4TAX <rmcgraw at blomand.net> wrote:
> 
> Thanks and always glad to assist.   And glad you have the issue resolved.
> 
> 73
> 
> Bob, K4TAX
> 
>> On 2/1/2019 9:22 AM, Bob wrote:
>> Both Bob K4TAX and Bill NR4C figured out the problem...
>> 
>> I've been using my K3s for a few years on all bands except 60 meters. So my
>> original setup was from a long time ago.  At that time I set all my active
>> bands to DATA MD DATA A.  When I tried 60 meters for the first time
>> yesterday to help someone who needed RI for their WAS, I didn't think to
>> check DATA MD on the 60 meter band.  I suspect it defaults to AFSK, which
>> is a LSB mode.
>> 
>> So moral of the story -- if you have to be in REV DATA you probably haven't
>> set the DATA MD to DATA A
>> 
>> 73, Bob, WB4SON
>> 
>>> On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 9:16 PM Nr4c <nr4c at widomaker.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Which DATA sub-mode were you using. There are two USB and two LSB
>>> sub-modes.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> ...nr4c. bill
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Jan 31, 2019, at 6:15 PM, Bob <WB4SON at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I've been using my K3 & K3s for years using the DATA mode.  It has worked
>>>> as if it were in the USB mode, and shows on the P3 scope to the right of
>>>> the dial frequency just like a USB signal would.
>>>> 
>>>> Today I tried 60 meters for the first time.  I could pick up signals and
>>>> decode them just fine in USB mode, and the P3 showed the signals to the
>>>> right of the dial frequency as expected.  However, when I shifted the
>>> radio
>>>> into DATA mode, the P3 seemed to shift as if it was showing a double
>>>> sideband signal (half below the suppressed carrier and half above).  At
>>>> this point, when in DATA mode, nothing would decode until I selected REV
>>>> DATA.  The result of that was that calculated frequencies were wrong
>>>> (appearing that signals were significantly outside the US channel limit.
>>>> 
>>>> Am I missing some setting, or is there something unique about how the
>>> DATA
>>>> mode works on 60 meters?
>>>> 
>>>> 73, Bob, WB4SON
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