I am not so sure that this cannot be accomplished in firmware. And I completely get what this causes if one has a complex pre-K3 setup switching tower-top preamps, etc., whose primary state-change signal comes from
Only the CPU knows that VOX is on or off. There is no "VOX lead". "Band down" and "VOX" share the same physical switch using "tap" and "hold". The paddle states are interpreted in the CPU, there is no separate physical keyer circuitry. Follow the /DASH or /DOT leads in the schematic and you will see it goes straight to the CPU. Also there is no physical monitor oscillator which is keyed by 7T. This gives me the firm gut estimate that firmware CAN clean this up. HOWEVER... And a BIG HOWEVER... The same gut gestimates that the code that is touched is all over the place, would require a lot of testing because of everything that is involved, and therefore it goes on the priority list just like everything else, and weighted as "extensive". And we want the big E to stay in business, so other development must go on. Wayne might want to state whether this is on the list somewhere. Then future queries can be answered: "It's on the list," and some day a firmware release will fix it. BEYOND THAT, HOWEVER NUMBER TWO... If the clanking relay while phantom sending is an issue, isn't the clanking relay in normal sending also an issue? Don't blame the danging clanging relay on the K3. Fix the $%&*(@!!@ AMP. I modified all my amps with fast vacuum relays that are sound isolated by putting them on a blob of RTV. End of the )()*(^%$##&*))!! clanging. For casual operating, I like to work without headphones, so the clanging is super-irritating. The diversity is really pretty good through stereo speakers, even if not quite as "spread" as using headphones. Since 99.999% of my operating is regular operation, the danging clanging (which I hate) is the AMP's problem. Not the K3's. For me that's a deal killer for some of the Alpha's. 73, Guy. On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Jim McCook <[email protected]> wrote: > Ralph, VE7XF, took the words right from my own mouth. This situation is > unique, extremely annoying, and I have not been able to get used to this > anomaly after several years. Using my spare FT-1000D is a big relief in > that particular area. I have asked for a solution to this for years, > but to no avail. > > 73, Jim > W6YA > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
