[Elecraft] Elecraft K-Pod manual updated -- now covers use with the K4

[Jim McDonald]

I did check just before I sent my note.  The new K-Pod F/W works the same as 1.09.  At each setting in the K3S (was the same as the K3 I had before), the K-Pod tuning rate is one-half of that in the radio.

I bought the K3 in 2009 and the K3S in 2017, and that never changed.

73,  Jim N7US

From: Bob Wilson, N6TV <n6tv at arrl.net>
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2021 18:28
To: Jim McDonald <jim at n7us.net>; Elecraft Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K-Pod manual updated -- now covers use with the K4

On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 4:19 PM Jim McDonald <jim at n7us.net<mailto:jim at n7us.net>> wrote:
My K-Pod tune at half the rate of the K3S at all three VFO CTS settings.

Check again, because that does not match my experience if your K-POD firmware is at 1.09 (can't test now, sold both K3s).  If CONFIG:VFO CTS is set to 100 (or 200?), I'm pretty sure the K-POD knob tunes at the same rate as the VFO A knob.  I don't think a power cycle is required.

If Elecraft could do it, I'd like for the K3/K3S F/W to provide the option for the K-Pod to tune at the same rate.

Yes, we asked for that years ago, but it never happened, and I don't think it will ever happen.  There's just no room left in the K3's limited memory to add such complex code now.

Consider upgrading from the K3 to a K4.  K-POD plugs straight in via USB cable and works perfectly.

73,
Bob, N6TV