Leigh, If you consider all the combinations and permutations to your suggestion, I would believe it is an insurmountable task. And even if it were attempted, someone would find a different combination that would bring "strange happenings".
There is no substitute for the user being familiar with the equipment he/she is working with, and that fact extends from simple devices (such as the basic lever) to complex equipment. Here, I have to say, "do your best to RT*M, and ask questions when you do not understand the manual or its implications on your operation of the equipment". 73, Don W3FPR On 6/26/2011 5:50 PM, Leigh L. Klotz Jr WA5ZNU wrote: > wayne burdick wrote: >> Should we offer a small discount on complex products if a potential >> customer reads the entire manual and passes a test first? >> >> Wayne >> N6KR >> > There's plenty of things you can do with the K3 that are out of the > ordinary, and you can stumble into them by accident. > > I think a "validator" addition to the K3 Utility would be nice. > > It could spot potential misconfigurations and provide a narrative-like > description. > > The K3 Utility already has a configuration save/restore utility. A new > "Validator" tab could read the same states using the CAT commands, and > display something like this: > > * You cannot transmit because TEST mode is enabled. > To disable TEST mode, press and hold TEST. > > * You have selected the separate RX ANT jack on bands 160 and 20m. > While it is common to use a separate RX antenna on low bands, it > is likely you have selected it by accident on 20m, which is the > current band your K3 is set to. To disable the RX antenna on a > band and antenna selection, select the band and ANT1 or > ANT2 (with ANT) and press RX ANT. > > * DIGOUT1 is enabled on 40m ANT2 and you have a KPA500 connected > via the ACC able. > DIGOUT1 is a pin on the 15-pin ACC cable. This will disable the > KPA500 on 40m/ANT2. To change this setting, select 40M and ANT2 > and hold CONFIG and change the DIGOUT 1 setting. > > * Filter 5 Center Frequency Offset is Zero > Filter is is an Elecraft 200Hz filter and it has a non-zero > Frequency offset. While this is possible, it is more likely that > you have not yet set the frequency offset. Consult the package > that your filter came in and look for the offset frequency. > Select Filter 5 with XFIL and then hold CONFIG and select FL5 > FREQ and set it to the value specified. > > * XIT is enabled and non-zero > XIT will cause your transmit frequency to differe from the VFO > dial frequency by the amount shown in the VFO B display when you > rotate the RIT/XIT knob. You will see the green RIG/XIT led is > lit, as well as the yellow + or - LED. To disable XIT, tap the > XIT button. > > * SPKR+PH is NO > SPKR+PH is set to NO, which disables the K3 speaker. If you have > no audio, but your headphones work, hold CONFIG and navigate to > SPKR+PH and use the VFO knob to set the value to YES. > > Leigh/WA5ZNU > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K2-100-75-meters-lost-receive-tp6510893p6518255.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
