[Elecraft] K3 & K3S Options Last Time Buy Update,, (12/02/2022

[Wes]

Although I've returned to Kenwood gear, I ran a couple of SDR-IQs for years as a 
panadapters on both a K3 and a K3S using SpectraVue and VSPE for port sharing.  
The SDR-IQ will click a couple of times at boot up but never after that.  The 
TS-890 I use now has a beautiful display so I don't need the SDR there but I 
still use one in conjunction with my back-up TS-590SG, where it also performs 
flawlessly.

Wes  N7WS

ps. I wish SpectraVue would run my Perseus.

  On 12/6/2022 5:33 PM, Ed Cole wrote:
> Well, I found the cause of the clicking (but not what is clicking).
>
> I use two almost identical computers (DELL Inspiron desk tops). One is for 
> general Internet use, e-mail, etc.  the other is dedicated to ham radio sw.  
> The K3 is connected to the later one. So I decided to try a different USB port 
> (4 ports on back, 2 on front) and the clicking stopped.  I had disconnected a 
> USB cable to do this.  When I reconnected it the clicking started back up.
>
> That cable goes to my SDR-IQ receiver.  Apparently the two radios are 
> interacting (maybe trying to connect to the same port?). Anyway, simple 
> solution is to run SDR-IQ on computer A and K3 on computer B.  Maybe I will 
> explore this deeper at a later time.
>
> This was not the start-up port testing that windows does.  This was non-stop 
> clicking as long as K3 was connected (wether powered On or OFF).  Obvious it 
> was computer generated as it stopped if computer shut-down or USB cable 
> disconnected from K3.
>
> curious that the clicking appeared to not interfere with K3 operation or 
> running computer sw (like wsjt-x).
>
> we can close this topic.
>
> Ed -KL7UW