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

[john at kk9a.com]

I was just on 40m and my K-Pod VFO is definitely 1/2 the rate of my K3S's VFO. 

John KK9A

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim McDonald [mailto:jim at n7us.net] 
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2021 7:19 PM
To: Bob Wilson, N6TV; john at kk9a.com; Elecraft Reflector
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Elecraft K-Pod manual updated -- now covers use with the K4

My K-Pod tune at half the rate of the K3S at all three VFO CTS settings.

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.

73,  Jim N7US

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Bob Wilson, N6TV
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2021 16:59
To: john at kk9a.com; Elecraft Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K-Pod manual updated -- now covers use with the K4

In the K3, if you change *CONFIG:VFO CTS*, the VFO frequency moves faster at 400 than at 100 (counts per turn), but the K-POD always tunes at 100 or
200 counts per turn (can't remember which).  The K-POD ignores the VFO CTS setting on a K3.

In the K4, the equivalent setting is *MENU:VFO Counts per Turn*, and *both* the VFO knob and the K-POD tuning rates are affected equally.

Just spin one knob exactly one full 360° turn clockwise, then spin the other knob full turn counterclockwise.  If you don't end up back on the frequency where you started, it means the tuning rates are not the same.

73,
Bob, N6TV


On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 11:25 AM Fred <k6dgwnv at gmail.com> wrote:

> "... except for the slow tuning." ????  I must be missing something.  
> My K-Pod tunes at the same rate as the K3. I have one of the K-Pod 
> buttons emulating the FINE/COARSE button on the radio ... use it all the time.
> Maybe the rates I have my K3 configured for just happen to match the 
> encoder in the K-Pod?
>
> 73,
>
> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
> Sparks NV DM09dn
> Washoe County
>
> john at kk9a.com wrote on 10/28/2021 8:07 PM:
> > I really like the K-POD, except for the slow tuning. Too bad that 
> > the K3 firmware "cannot" reprogram it.
> >
> > John KK9A
> >
> >
> > Bob Wilson, N6TV wrote:
> >
> > Yes, this only works with the K4.  The K3 firmware cannot reprogram 
> > the K-POD encoder to match the K3's tuning rate.
> >
> > 73,
> > Bob, N6TV
> >
> >