Correction all, 2nd paragraph, last sentence. I wrote "tap" SPLIT -- well that will not work, one must HOLD the button to enter SPLIT.
Sorry for not proofreading before hitting Send. 73, Don W3FPR On 11/15/2011 7:23 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > Randy, > > I think that is normal operation if you simply turn on SPLIT without > doing anything additional. > If VFO B is not in the same mode as VFO A, you will transmit with > whatever mode VFO B had been set for. Yes, VFO A and VFO B can be in > different modes. > > The normal complete procedure for entering SPLIT (unless you know you > have the VFO B mode, frequency, etc set up beforehand) is to tap A>B > twice (once only copies the frequency, twice also copies mode, etc.) and > then move VFO B to the split frequency, then finally tap SPLIT. > > I don't know what the details of your MacLogger macros that you are > using actually accomplish, but they can likely be created to do all the > above actions in one macro. The information about how to set them up > should be in the MacLogger help file for its end and the K3 Programmer's > reference for the K3 part of it (which commands to enter and in what order). > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 11/15/2011 6:10 PM, Randy Cook wrote: >> I have a weird one here. Intermittently, when I put my K3 into split mode, >> with the VFO A in SSB, the VFO B will turn up in CW or FM mode. In all >> cases I remember, VFO B was last in SSB mode, so the mode change happens >> when the Split is executed. Usually, I set the split within MacLoggerDX, my >> logging program. It is quite intermittent, so I have not used the front >> panel controls to set split. >> >> My K3 is only in CW when I am tuning a remote tuner, and only in FM on the >> rare occasion there is DX in the upper 10M band. Both occasions would be >> using VFO A. I do NOT have a second RX installed. >> >> I sent a console log the the logging software developer, and he was at a >> loss to explain the problem from an application perspective. I assume it is >> in the K3 somewhere, maybe an config setting that I messed up by accident. I >> am not a heavy K3 user, so I may have overlooked something simple. I would >> estimate the problem happens 20% of the time I go to Split mode. >> >> I have decreased the Comm port speed, to no avail. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> 73s >> >> Randy K6CRC >> K3#2051 >> [email protected] >> ______________________________________________________________ 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
