Meant to say 5th bar flickering. 73, Don W3FPR
On 8/9/2012 6:30 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > Roy, > > On the missing letters, all I can think of is perhaps it is > power-hunting -starting low and eventually going higher (the receiving > station may not hear the weaker initial signal) > The way to prevent power hunting is to ignore the advice commonly given > "set the power level to maximum and adjust the audio to control the > desired power output" - that does NOT work for the K2, the K3 or the > KX3. Adjust the audio level on the K3 to produce 4 bars solid with the > 5th bar solid on the K3 ALC display. Use the power knob to set the > desired power level. > > On the second item, refresh your information on how the K3 does data > modes vs. frequency display. Data A will show you the carrier > frequency, and the frequency on the waterfall is actually that carrier > frequency plus (minus for LSB) the audio pitch sent by your software > application - even though many applications show the "actual" frequency > of the signal, that is only because of the calculations done by that > software. > > Now move on to AFSK - the frequency displayed by the K3 depends on the > shift setting in the K3 menu - the frequency displayed will be the mark > frequency (consistent with MMTTY, but different than clicking on an RTTY > signal on the waterfall in DATA A submode. > > PSK D will show you the actual frequency of the PSK31 signal (similar to > the carrier plus [minus] audio frequency seen in DATA A, and FSK D will > show you the actual mark frequency. > That is explained (in different words) in the K3 manual. > > Have great fun with data modes, they are great once you get things set > up right and become familiar with whatever turns out to be your favorite > software applications. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > > > > On 8/9/2012 6:06 PM, Roy Morris wrote: >> When I transmit my buffer I am told that the first four characters of the >> first word in the string are not being transmitted. The string on my K3 >> display shows that all characters are scrolling correctly. I went into the >> setup screen and changed the timeout from 0 to 3000 thinking that would cure >> this problem, but it appears not to have corrected it. What would cause the >> first word to be shortened, and what might be the cure? >> >> Also, when I go from one data mode to another the cursor can change several >> Khz up or down from the center frequency. I am sometimes able to get it >> back to center if I change the mark and space pairs with the PITCH control. >> Once the cursor is centered I can go to other data modes and it stays near >> the center line. I am new to the data modes so I must not be doing >> something right. Any help to enlighten me would be appreciated. Roy Morris >> W4WFB >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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
