[Elecraft] K3 DVR issue

[Nr4c]

Pressing the PTT will stop the KDVR and I wonder if a noise in the shack that trips the VOX might do the same thing!

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...nr4c. bill


> On Jan 19, 2019, at 9:52 PM, <john at kk9a.com> <john at kk9a.com> wrote:
> 
> I am not sure why VOX would affect the DVR?  On SSB I use a KDVR3 activated
> by my computer's F-keys and my VOX is on 100% of the time.
> 
> John KK9A
> 
> Nr4c wrote:
> 
> Is it possible that you have VOX turned ON or bumped a PTT or FOOTSWITCH?  
> 
> I've had the KDVR in a K3 since 2009 and my K3S since they began shipping
> (S/N 10069, very early s/n). I've never had any issue like you describe. 
> 
> Have you contacted Elecraft customer support?  
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> ...nr4c. bill
> 
> 
>> On Jan 19, 2019, at 7:22 PM, Dauer, Edward <edauer at law.du.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> Today during the NAQP I experienced occasional strange behavior with a new
> KDVR in an updated K3 . . . wondering if this has happened to anyone else.
> The recorder works just right 98% of the time.  Randomly, it hangs up in the
> middle of a recorded message.  It just stops.  No audio, no RF, but the K3
> remains in transmit mode.  Sometimes tapping the same M button again
> restarts the message from the beginning and all is well. Sometimes, nothing
> has any effect - nothing will get the rig out of transmit other than a power
> down.  And then all is well again for a while.  This happens on more than
> one of the memory buttons, and it happens whether I tap the M button or the
> corresponding programmed button on the K-Pod.  It is infrequent,
> intermittent, and of course happens at the worst times.  On one and only one
> power-down I saw ERR-DVR.   Re-recording messages doesn't fix it.  The K3
> has F/W revision 5.64, which may be one revision behind.  Anyone else
> experienced this or have an i
>> dea what the problem is?  Tnx for any advice . . . 
>> 
>> Ted, KN1CBR
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