Hi Joe: I've had a problem similar to your #1 for over a year now. In my case while running FSK the K3 (Ser 2432) would switch from 45 to 75 baud all by itself in the middle of the contest - it may have been after a band or large frequency change, I don't remember now. I also had a problem with the K3 remembering the custom settings for the Filter Presets I & II. They seemed to be lost following a power on/off cycle.
The last time I checked with Support I was told that Wayne was aware of one or both of these and would be working on them once the design work on the KX3 was completed. I haven't checked lately so don't know the current status. As to your problem #2, I haven't seen any of that since I'm running FSK rather than AFSK. 73, Doug VE3MV ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe K2UF" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 3:09 PM Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Couple of issues during CQWW RTTY >I had the following two problems during the RTTY contest this past weekend. > > > > 1.- I had to reset the mode from FSK D to AFSK A many times. Usually > when > I changed bands or a large change in frequency within the same band. When > I > get to the top of the band and want to go back to the bottom of the band I > would type the frequency in N1MM. Radio would QSY to the new frequency > but > the mode would revert back to FSK D. This would not happen every time but > quite often. > > > > 2.- Using the K3 / KPA500 setup with N1MM running on a Win XP desktop pc > with a soundMAX sound card. The K3 running about 25 watts and the LINE IN > level set at 10 the KPA500 power out would start at about 60 to 70 watts. > Each time I would call/work someone the power out on the KPA500 would > increase. After 8 or 10 calls/Qs the power would be up to 400 to 500 > watts. > If I changed the power level on the K3 down 1 watt and then back up 1 watt > the process would start all over again. I do not have the same problem on > CW. I have not used the amp in a CW contest yet, but I have worked > several > DXpeditions/DX stations sometimes calling for over an hour. The amp output > would stay where it was set. > > > > I have looked over the K3 manual and could not find any hints about > problem > 1. Problem 2 is a real puzzler. > > > > Anyone have any ideas? > > > > Thanks Joe K2UF > > > > > > > > No trees were harmed in the sending of this e-mail; however, many > electrons > were inconvenienced. > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
