Ed, Are you driving the audio to give you 4 bars solid and the 5th blinking on the ALC meter? The behavior you are seeing is normal if you do not have enough audio.
The lower 4 bars of the ALC meter do not indicate ALC, they are similar to a VU meter. The 5th bar indicates the onset of ALC. 73, Don W3FPR On 3/3/2012 2:14 PM, Edward R. Cole wrote: > I'm wondering if there is a way to escape the 4-5 second gradual > increase (ramp up) of audio drive when in DATA-A mode on the K3? I > run WSJT on DATA-A and every transmit sequence starts at about 50% > power out due to the audio drive ramp up. It takes the K3 about 4-5 > seconds to reach full power. This OK when my transmit sequence is 1 > minute long but there is a test mode under WSJT called Echo which > permits me to measure my own eme echoes. However, Tx/Rx cycle in > Echo is about 1.5 seconds long and I cannot test at full power. This > is a fully automated test routine so I can't use CW. The program > transmits a continuous tone which is the same as key-down on CW, and > returns a measurement of my Moon echo which is real nice to determine > system performance. > > But I can't use the Echo function with DATA-A on the K3 as it is. I > wonder why the K3 acts this way in DATA-A? I did not have any issue > running WSJT test modes with my FT-847. > > > 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 > ====================================== > BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com > EME: 50-1.1kw?, 144-1.4kw, 432-QRT, 1296-?, 3400-? > DUBUS Magazine USA Rep [email protected] > "Kits made by KL7UW" http://www.kl7uw.com/kits.htm > ====================================== > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
