[Elecraft] K Pod Intermittently Errors

Tom Doligalski w4kx at mac.com
Sun Jul 28 15:10:55 EDT 2019


My K3 is even older than yours (#969) but the KPOD worked flawlessly out of the box. 

Tom W4KX

Sent from my iPad

> On Jul 28, 2019, at 1:07 PM, Frank via Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> I had problems with my K POD RIT/XIT working intermittently with the K3.  The XIT/RIT worked fine on the K3.  I opened a case and sent videos to Elecraft.  They sent a new K POD but the problem was not resolved.  They had no other solutions and the case was closed without resolution.  
> 
> Years later I upgraded to a K3S and the same K POD works perfectly.  Apparently my 2013 K3 CPU processing power was not robust enough to support the K POD fully.  I did not us the XIT/RIT function often and really liked the tuning and macro buttons so overall I was happy.  
> 
> Frank 
> K6FW 
> 
> 
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> Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2019 15:51:30 +0000
> From: "hawley, charles j jr" <c-hawley at illinois.edu <mailto:c-hawley at illinois.edu>>
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> For some buttons, the Pod makes mistakes occasionally. Instead of sending the correct macro, it?ll send a different button programmed one...or send both the tap and hold ones. Mostly just happens with two of the buttons #4 and #5.
> My first pod messed up with #1 intermittently and Elecraft replaced it. But this one had a problem with #1 also intermittently.
> And wisdom on this? I love the Pod anyway.
> 
> Chuck 
> KE9UW
> 
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