On Apr 8, 2014, at 6:36 PM, VaibhaV Sharma <[email protected]> wrote:
> More info on this - > > Howard @ Elecraft Support promptly sent me the factory default config file > for the radio that fixed the issue. But later, I was able to reproduce the > issue and also fix without the factory configuration. > > I have the KX3 hooked up to Ham Radio Deluxe (latest version) with serial > interface for CAT control. HRD works with the radio for the most part except > I noticed this in the Radio CAT commands configuration - > > | Advanced: KX3 | RF power (High) | Cmd = PC-04, Min = 0.00, Max = > 120.00, Prefix =, Suffix = | > | Advanced: KX3 | RF power (Low) | Cmd = PC-04, Min = 0.00, Max = > 120.00, Prefix =, Suffix = | > > Notice the “Max = 120” part? Those values show up on HRD UI as - > > RF Power Low = 12 > RF Power High = 120 > > There are two RF power adjustment bard in HRD UI. The “RF Power Low” slider > works OK (has other issues) with the KX3 12 watt limit. But even touching the > “RF Power High” slider causes the KX3 to switch RF power value to 110+ Watts > (Yes, without a KXPA100, I wish). > > Once that happens, the ATU disengages and the radio refuses to transmit. > > The easy way to fix this is to touch the “RF Power Low” slider and the radio > switches back to under 12W and everything goes back to normal. Shouldn’t the > KX3 itself handle this gracefully without tripping over the ATU with bunch of > errors? > > I am a brand new HRD user and still getting used to the UI. I reported a > major security issue to them a few days ago and will report this issue to HRD > team as well. > > Comments / other ideas welcome. Ticket number 707843 has been created on Ham Radio Deluxe bug reporting system. — VaibhaV W7VAI ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
