Damon, You say ... "Once it comes back to OPT1 from FIL4 the audio tones are back at their starting points and not were I set them. The BFO value did seem to save however."
Did you have the freq-counter cable plugged into TP2 at the time? If you overlook that, you won't be able to save your BFO changes. HTH, Alan Alan D. Wilcox, W3DVX (K2-5373, K3-40) 570-321-1516 http://WilcoxEngineering.com http://eBookEditor.net https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/28062?ref=awilcox Williamsport, PA 17701 On 7/24/11 7:05 PM, KC5CQW wrote: > About twice a year I like to run through the cal's on my K2. > Today, I was unable to store the BFO adjustments to eeprom and I noticed > that the USB audio sounds muddy. > Almost like the RF pot was turned down and the 2k audio filter active. The > RTTY (USB) mode also sounds like this. > LSB and CW are quite loud and clear with a more believable S-Meter response. > > I was following the C22 cal Application Note procedure. > The last few times I did this, the K2 "cal'ed" to within 10Hz of WWV. > Before starting the cal today, it was 70Hz off. It is now within 30Hz post > cal. > The difference between TP1 and TP2 is negligible (limited by 10Hz DAC). > My beat dial Freq. is/was 10.000.02 LSB (at this point when I triple checked > the C22 cal) > > I used a soundcard program to "watch" the 10MHz WWV 500Hz and 600Hz tones > while adjusting the BFO settings. > Once it comes back to OPT1 from FIL4 the audio tones are back at their > starting points and not were I set them. The BFO value did seem to save > however. In LSB, the S-Meter showed S-3 (as did my other HF rig), on USB the > meter was a solid S-9. > The volume was not as loud and had more bass. > > I have a feeling this is just a matter of me forgetting a simple step but I > can honestly say that I have followed the procedure word for word. I even > double checked with the main K2 manual just to be sure. > > 73, Damon > > ______________________________________________________________ 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
