... While you're at it, the VFO "Lock" function doesn't block QSYs using the band button, or sent from the logging program, or using the XIT, and perhaps other ways too. It would be nice if it actually locked the VFO frequency, please Wayne. This *may* account for the occasional small TX frequency jumps of some K3 DXpeditioners. [Some might be deliberately moving escape dQRM.]
73, Gary ZL2iFB > -----Original Message----- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick > Sent: Tuesday, 5 April 2011 12:32 PM > To: iain macdonnell - N6ML > Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Bug in firmware found? > > It was never intended to make the K3 a 1-band radio, but I'll > add this > to the list. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > On Apr 4, 2011, at 5:00 PM, iain macdonnell - N6ML wrote: > > > Just my impression... but I don't think the Band Map is really > > intended as a "lock out" - just a way to have normally-unused bands > > skipped when cycling through. If you only use one band, you wouldn't > > be expected to use the band up/down buttons at all ;) > > > > ~iain / N6ML > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 11:48 PM, Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF > > <vk4bof.elecr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi everyone, > >> Recently, Gary VK4FD and I were participating in the John Moyle > >> Field Day here in Nth QLD. (It was on at the same time as > CQ WW SSB) > >> As we were just 2 of 5 operators in the club station (VK4WAT) we > >> decided to lock down our K3's so that the yaecomwood > drivers would > >> be able to use the K3's. > >> Each K3 was locked down so that it was a single band > radio, mine on > >> 40M and Gary's on 20M. > >> > >> That's when we noticed the possible problem. > >> > >> You can lock out all but one band in firmware but the radio will > >> still change bands! > >> > >> On my radio, I had all bands but 40M locked out, yet it > could still > >> be changed to (And it was fully operational on) 20M and 80M even > >> though those bands were locked out. > >> The behaviour on 20M is noted in brackets. > >> > >> Try the following: > >> Config: Band Map > >> Turn off all bands but 40M. (20M) > >> Exit Config menu: > >> > >>> From 40M band. (20M) > >> Press Band UP > >> Rig changes to 80M. (40M) > >> Press Band Up again. > >> Rig changes back to 40M (20M) > >> > >>> From 40M band: > >> Press Band Down > >> Rig changes to 20M. (15M) > >> Press Band Down again > >> Rig changes back to 40M (20M) > >> > >> Note that at no time does the rig change to one of the so called > >> WARC bands in these 2 tests. > >> However, if the test is done with the rig only having 30M > enabled, > >> then shifts to 5MHz and 17M occur. > >> > >> As my rig has the 2M internal transverter I have also tried that > >> band with the following results: > >> 2M band enabled, all others locked out. > >> BND UP selects 10M > >> BND DWN selects 80M > >> > >> The behaviour is similar on all bands when only one band > is enabled. > >> > >> In each rig we also tried with 2 bands unlocked and each rig > >> performed as it should with all bands but the 2 selected for > >> operation being locked out and unable to be used. > >> So it appears that this issue occurs only when all but one > band is > >> locked out. > >> > >> This has been checked on both my K3 (Serial #4257) and > Gary VK4FD's > >> K3 (Serial #679) with the same results. > >> Gary's firmware revision at the time was v 4.25, mine was v 4.30 > >> and although I now have 4.31 in the rig it still does this > behaviour. > >> > >> I'd like others to try the same procedure to see if the same > >> results are found and then we can get Wayne to checkout > the firmware. > >> > >> Over to you all. > >> > >> > >> Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF > >> Innisfail, QLD, Australia > >> ______________________________________________________________ > >> Elecraft mailing list > >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > >> > >> 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
